| ID: | 16438 |
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| Entry Text: | Miles, Jonathan. Medusa: The Shipwreck, the Scandal, the Masterpiece. London: Cape, 2007, 336 pp. "The Raft of the Medusa" by Theodore Gericault, famous painting; 1816 incident off West Africa; French exeditionary force; 147 survived but, 52 days later, 3 alive. |