Title of Artwork: “Fishing boat coming in before the wind (The Kearsarge in Boulogne)”
Artwork by Edouard Manet
Year Created 1864
Summary of Fishing boat coming in before the wind (The Kearsarge in Boulogne)
Édouard Manet painted The Kearsarge at Boulogne in oil on canvas in 1864. It portrays the USS Kearsarge, the Union cruiser that defeated the CSS Alabama in the Battle of Cherbourg. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the proud owner of the work of art in question.
Manet visited Cherbourg a month after the war and created a watercolour painting of Kearsarge, which currently hangs in Dijon’s Museum of Fine Arts. This watercolour is likely the inspiration for the oil painting.
The Action of the Kearsarge and the Alabama, a painting by Manet depicting the actual battle, was created years later by the artist.
Information Citations
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