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The Roux Family of Marseilles was a family of hydrographers and marine painters that specialized in ship portraits. While many generations were involved in the hydrographic business, it was really only three generations who painted and became known for their skill and accuracy in portraying a ship, making their work seem more like a photograph than a painting.〔Gulliver (1930), pp. 121-122〕 The painters in the family were Joseph, Ange-Joseph Antoine, Mathieu-Antoine, Ursule-Josephine, François Joseph Frédéric and François Geoffroi. ==Joseph Roux== Joseph Roux was born in 1725 in Marseille, France to Joseph Roux, who worked as a hydrographer, and Magdaleine Senequier.〔Smith (1978), family tree〕 He took over the family business and became a hydrographer like his father, “in the course of which he published, manufactured, and sold a wide assortment of charts, navigating instruments, and related nautical gear.”〔Smith (1978), p. 1〕 It was probably around the mid-18th century when Joseph earned the title of “Hydrographe du Roi” meaning Hydrographer to the King.〔Smith (1978), p. 2〕 In 1764, Joseph published a folio of twelve Mediterranean charts which were used for a number of years after their publication. Copies were even used on HMS ''Victory'' in 1803 and 1805, as well as on HMS ''Shannon''.〔Smith (1978), pp. 2-3〕 Joseph was also known to paint, though not as frequently as his son or grandchildren. Two such works, oil paintings titled ''Bonhomme Richard vs Serapis'' and ''Naval Engagement between a British East Indiaman and a French Warship'', exist at the Peabody Essex Museum and showcase Joseph’s skill as a painter.〔Smith (1978), pp. 4-5〕 Joseph died in 1793 in Marseille.〔Smith (1978), family tree〕 File:Joseph Roux Carte de la mer Mediterranee en douze feuilles.jpg|Folio of twelve Mediterranean charts published by Joseph Roux in 1764 File:Joseph Roux Carte de la mer Mediterranee en douze feuilles2.jpg|Inside cover of Joseph Roux's folio of Mediterranean charts File:Joseph Roux Carte de la mer Mediterranee en douze feuilles3.jpg|One of the charts inside Joseph's folio File:Joseph Roux Octant.jpg|Octant made by Joseph Roux ca 1780 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roux family (marine painters)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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