View of the Roadstead of Brest and the Seaweed Harvest

Vue de la la rade Brest et de la récolte du varech

View of the Roadstead of Brest and the Seaweed Harvest

Eugène Louis Boudin · 1873

About this painting

Boudin documents Breton women harvesting seaweed (varech) in the Brest roadstead — a coastal livelihood that vanished as Brittany modernized.