Fishing Boats along the Beach — Eugène Isabey

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Artist: Eugène Isabey
Date: 1825
Medium: lithograph
Location: Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions: [object Object]
Collection: Prints
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection

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Eugène Isabey

Eugène Isabey, a Romantic painter and lithographer, famously depicted the return of Napoleon's remains and captured the drama of marine life.

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