Watercolour 9
Port Vendres Quai des Douanes
1925 – 1926
28 x 39.6 cm
The British Museum, London
The vantage point
We are on the east shore of the port, on the Pierre Forgas Quay. The support is situated not far from the building that was the Hotel du Commerce, where the Mackintosh couple stayed during their holiday in the region.
We are looking in a east-south-easterly direction.
This watercolour depicts the Customs (Douanes) Quay, which is on the other side of the harbour. Nowadays this is called the Republic (République) Quay. The buildings which border this quay used to serve as warehouses.
Nowadays these buildings have been transformed into buildings for the customs service, private apartments and restaurants.
The wharf is used for docking private cruisers and heritage vessels passing through Port-Vendres, as well as three tuna vessels from Port-Vendres (which go out for only two weeks a year).
Pictorial analysis