Charles Millot known as Henri GERVÈSE (1880-1959) The three-master Iphigénie anchored in Las Palmas harbor Pencil, ink, ink wash and watercolor enhanced with gouache on paper Numbered 24 in pencil on the back 28x27 cm (partially pasted on cardboard) Framed under glass Provenance : - Me Ruellan sale, "Art-Marine-Voyages" of 21/07/2004. Official Painter of the Navy, appointed in 1921. Drawing for the illustration project "Souvenirs d'un marin de la IIIe République" by Henri Gervèse, published by the author, Buenos Aires, 1944.

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