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Description: | Signed: yes Description: A dark night at sea is illuminated by a full moon which reflects off the waves below. Outlined against the moonlight, figures in a small boat lower their sales as they move towards a larger fishing vessel. The boat pitches towards the viewer as it labours against the swell. The crew of the larger craft stands on deck in anticipation. The poignancy of the image is perhaps indicative of the artist's own emotions at this time. The recent death of his brother from drowning had deeply affected him. Gudin became one of the founding members of the French Lifeboat Society. | Subjects: | marine; figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Gudin, Théodore (French painter and printmaker, 1802-1880) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9030... | Go to resource |
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