Visit : The sinking of the Meduse

On 17 June 1816, in Aix harbour, the frigate La Méduse, accompanied by three other ships, weighed anchor bound for Senegal. On 17 July 1816, the brig l'Argus found the last 15 occupants of the raft
on which some of La Méduse's shipwrecked crew had taken refuge.
Follow the sequence of events that took place between these two dates, and the repercussions of this shipwreck, which was a source of inspiration for the painter Théodore Géricault, whose Musée Hèbre holds an early copy of the famous painting, produced in 1868 by Etienne Ronjat.

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