Jules Lessore

Jules Lessore drew the everyday edges of towns and ports in France and Scotland during the late 1800s. In two watercolors made around 1864–1877, he sketched the quayside in a small French port and a country church framed by trees, while his brush also captured the brick façades of West George Street in Glasgow and the Old Bourse in Flushing. These quiet views show how he turned ordinary streets and buildings into subjects worth a second look. Tap “The Old Bourse, Flushing” to step inside a 19th-century Dutch trading hall.