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The marine painter Dominic Serres was born in Auch in the south-west of France. He was probably born in 1719, although there is some uncertainty, with some sources suggesting 1722 as the year of his birth. However the strongest evidence, including family records, support the use of the earlier date. Serres ran away from the Benedictine school at Douai, where he was training for the priesthood, first travelling to Spain on foot and then boarding a ship for South America. Serres eventually became