Detail; le Furet cotre de l’État au service de Son Altesse Royale madame la duchesse de Berry quittant le port de Dieppe, c. 1827
Detail; The Ferret cutter of the State in the service of Her Royal Highness Madam the Duchess of Berry leaving the port of Dieppe, c. 182
Oil on canvas
Museum Château de Dieppe
Ambroise Louis Garneray (19 February 1783–11 September 1857) was a French corsair, a privateer or pirate, painter and writer. He served under Robert Surcouf and Jean-Marie Dutertre, and was held as prisoner-of-war by the British for eight years after being captured before being repatriated at the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, continuing his career as a painter until his death in 1857…
Zaidan Gallery 
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