Retour de l'île d'Elbe, 28 février 1815; rencontre du brick l'Inconstant avec le brick le Zéphir by Ambroise Louis Garneray, c.1852.
I was looking for more pictures of Malmaison by Auguste-Simeon Garnerey and found this guy who spells his name differently who is the brother of Auguste-Simeon. He was a sailor, fought in many Revolutionary and Napoleonic naval battles until he was taken prisoner by the English and kept on a hulk for nine years. He painted many nautical paintings, including some terrifying ones of whale hunting, that were mentioned by Melville in Moby Dick as the most accurate pictures of whaling he’d seen. He had a long career (not naval) after his release from England.
P.S. I doubt that Napoleon stood on the deck of l’Inconstant right at that moment.
