On his visit to Toulon in 1683, the English naval engineer Edmund Dummer described the Royal Louis as "a great ship and glorious in her first carving, no doubt; but to my judgment not of good proportion, nor good workmanship, her figure under water I know not, nor is that above to be admired". File:Dessin-p-pujet-supposc3a9-reprc3a9sentc3a9-le-royal-louis-16692.jpg|Drawing by Pierre Puget