1860 c. L. Lebreton - Ocean Line Ship US - Folio stone lithograph - hand colour - Maritime

Ocean stem liner on its way from Le Havre to the United States.

“Paquebot du Havre aux Etats-Unis"

Louis Le Breton

Stone lithograph 30 x 23 cm

Published in Paris by Monroq. Ca 1860.

This example in ORIGINAL HAND COLOUR. Not held by the Royal Museums Greenwich.

Louis Le Breton (1818 in Douarnenez – 1866) was a French painter who specialised in marine paintings.

Le Breton studied medicine and took part in Dumont d'Urville's second voyage aboard the Astrolabe. After the official illustrator of the expedition died, Le Breton replaced him. From 1847 he devoted himself mainly to depicting marine subjects for the French Navy.