The Raft of the Medusa skyscape Found in the collection of

Found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Native Americans referred to as Tscholovoni

A Chelsea Pensioner

19 July 1821

On top of her sedan sits one of her lovers

The Raft of the Medusa skyscape Found in the collection of'The Raft of the Medusa', 1900. The 'Medusa' was a French frigate wrecked on a sandbank off the coast of Senegal in 1816. The incident became infamous due to the incompetence of the ship's captain and the inadequacy of the rescue effort. Of 150 people who tried to escape on a raft made from masts and crossbeams, only 15 survived having been adrift for two weeks without food and water. Several paintings of the disaster were made, with Gericault's,