Pellegrin, Joseph Honore Maxime (French, 1793-1869) - painted in watercolors. Worked and lived in Marseilles, France. His main motifs are Ship Portraits of Sailing Vessels and rarely also of Steamers.

The ship portraitists of the Mediterranean ports, particularly those of the Eastern Seaboards, produced their works on paper, using primarily gouache, an opaque form of watercolors. The most accomplished practitioners of this technique were the prolific Roux Family and their contemporary, Honore Pellegrin.

Pellegrin worked in the French seaport of Marseilles during the Second and Third Quarters of the 19th Century. His work is characteristic of the Marseilles School, usually featuring the seaport's topography to form the painting...