The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem (1921) (14780039482)

Identifier: marineroomofpeab00robi (find matches)
Title: The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Robinson, John, 1846-1925, comp Peabody Museum of Salem
Subjects: Naval art and science Ships
Publisher: Salem, Mass., Peabody Museum
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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em, (1830-1912).Raduga, 1863. Ropes, George, Salem, (1788 -1819). Son of Captain George Ropes who was lost at sea on a voyage from the Mediterranean in 1807, leaving a widow and nine children. The son began as early as 1802, while he was a pupil of Michele Come, to paint pictures of vessels and continued to do so through life. During the War of 1812 he painted many pictures of naval vessels and naval battle scenes. In business he was a carriage and sign-painter and although deaf and dumb from birth, by his industry he was the chief support of his widowed mother and eight brothers and sisters, one of the latter of whom was afflicted like himself. (See Diary of William Bentley, vol. IV, p. 573.) America, Sukey, Triumphant, Fame, Constitution and Java,Glide, Two Brothers, Essex (capture), Crowninshields Wharf,Naval Battles (2), 1802 -1815. Roux, Anton, Marseilles, (1765 -1835). Joseph-Ange-Antoine Roux was born in Marseilles in 1765 and died there in 1835. He was established as a hydrographer 152
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Image: GRAND TURK PUNCH BOWL 16 inches diameter. Chinese Lowestoft ware/made at Canton, 1786, tor Elias Hasket Derby.
on one of the quays at Marseilles. He greatly admired the Provencal artist Joseph Vernet, whose works he copied. His ship paintings are noted for their accuracy of detail. America, Cadmus, Eunice (repairing), Francis, Naiad, brig,Grand Turk, Ulysses (2d), yacht Louisa, Topaz, Mediterranean sketches, Frigate in a gale, 1802 - 1823. Roux, Anton, his aine, Marseilles, (1799 -1872). Son of Anton Roux, — continued the double profession of his father but his work as an artist was inferior.Cygnet, Glide, Reaper, 1823 -1824. Roux, Frederic, Marseilles, Havre, Paris, (1805 -1870). Son of Anton Roux, — entered the studio of Horace Vernet, where he gained a flexibility of vision and boldness of touch which were lacking in his brother Antons work. Cambrian, Charlemagne, (3) 1826 -1838. Roux, Francois, Marseilles, (1811 -1882). Son of Anton Roux, — obtained the title of painter to the Minist