La Rochelle: sailing vessels leaving the harbour

Oil painting. A boat with a red sail has just passed out through the fortified entrane, with the Tour Saint-Nicolas on the left and the round Tour de la Chaîne on the other side: the fishing boat with the white sail follows. Everett has placed himself in the shade of the medieval walls, to catch the effect of late-afternoon light from the south-west through the massive entrance.

Object Details

ID: BHC1855
Collection: Fine art
Type: Painting
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Everett, (Herbert Barnard) John
Date made: Late 19th century - mid 20th century; 1926
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Bequeathed by the artist 1949.
Measurements: Painting: 465 mm x 630 mm