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    Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy (22 June 1736 – 27 February 1804) was a French Navy officer and painter of the 18th century. He especially painted naval...
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    origins whom he had met on Île de France (present-day Mauritius) eight years earlier. Lapérouse was appointed in 1785 by Louis XVI and by the Secretary of...
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    corvette from Honfleur to Le Havre, ferrying king Louis XVI. His uncle, Charles-Auguste Levassor de La Touche-Tréville, died in 1788 and bequeathed him...
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    Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336. Jaques, Tony (2007)...
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    the war. In 1788, Rossel de Cercy painted a large depiction of the battle. The painting is now on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris...
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    illustrations of the battle were made, notably by Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy (a key exhibit of the Musée national de la Marine in Paris), by George Carter (of...
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    Port-Louis. Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy (1736-1804), self-portrait Combat de la Dominique, 17 April 1780. Prise des Iles de Saint-Christophe et de Nevis...
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    Beurnier-Rossel. Cette exposition se compose de dessins et de peintures réalisés entre 1982 et 2006 par Braun‑Vega à partir des tableaux de jean-Auguste-Dominique...
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    Order of Saint Louis in 1780, and of Grand Cross in 1784. He died during the French Revolution. La Motte-Picquet joined the Gardes de la Marine in Brest...
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  • Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336. Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la...
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