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Crew Aboard the Medusa
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Dutch Navy ship Medusa came under Japanese fire whilst crossing the Straits of Shimonoseki in 1863. Four sailors died. In this photo we see part of the ship's crew, with on the left a cannon they seized from the Japanese a year later. Given the impossibility of photographing such momentous events, a group portrait offered a good alternative.
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Credit lineBemanning aan boord van de Medusa. 1864. Antoon Bauduin. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
