Historical graphics show Théodore Géricault's famous painting The Raft of Medusa, which depicts the shipwreck of the French frigate Méduse in 1816. The scene shows the desperate survivors on an improvised raft trying to signal a distant ship on the horizon, authentic, high-resolution reproduction from a 19th-century original, exact date of depiction unknown, historical
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Historical graphics show Théodore Géricault's famous painting The Raft of Medusa, which depicts the shipwreck of the French frigate Méduse in 1816. The scene shows the desperate survivors on an improvised raft trying to signal a distant ship on the horizon, authentic, high-resolution reproduction from a 19th-century original, exact date of depiction unknown, historical

Date

Aug 05, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26H82_478

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No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

139.3Mb (46.4Mb) / 28.3in x 19.1in / 8480 x 5740 (300dpi)

Keywords

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