The Raft of the Medusa - Théodore Géricault (1818-19)

Taken from the wiki page on the tragedy itself - “Through inept navigation by her captain, Hugues Duroy de Chaumareys, who had been given command after the Bourbon Restoration for political reasons and even though he had hardly sailed in 20 years, Méduse struck the Bank of Arguin off the coast of present-day Mauritania and...