The Kearsarge at Boulogne

The Kearsarge at Boulogne
Artist	Édouard Manet
Year	1864
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	81.6 cm × 100 cm (32.1 in × 39 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Kearsarge at Boulogne is an oil-on-canvas painting by Édouard Manet completed in 1864. It depicts the Union cruiser USS Kearsarge, victor of the Battle of Cherbourg over the rebel privateer CSS Alabama. The painting is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Although he had not witnessed the battle, Manet visited Cherbourg one month after and painted a watercolour of Kearsarge, now exhibited in Dijon. The oil painting was probably based on this watercolour.

Later in 1864 Manet painted an account of the battle itself, The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama.

External links

• Manet and the American Civil War : the battle of the U.S.S. Kearsarge and the C.S.S. Alabama, Issued in connection with an exhibition held June 3 - August 17, 2003, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York