Stump the German

[L Verge]

(04-20-2019 05:14 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Without resenting to the omniscient Google -
1. Who painted this?
2. What is depicted?

(You sure may guess on one of the questions only!)

I remember the CW art as depicting the battle between the Kearsage and the Alabama, but I don't recollect who painted it.

[J. Beckert]

I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!

I'll guess Edwin Booth's grandson, Edwin Booth Grossman.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Kudos, Laurie - that part is correct! I thought it the more difficult question!!! You win a trip to the setting - where was it?? (This is a hint...)
Joe, I love your guesses! It's a good one, but, sorry, not correct.

Think a bit about the "style"...

[Wild Bill]

The battle took place off Cherbourg, France

[Gene C]

Painted by Edouard Manet.

(I had to look up how to spell his first name)

[Eva Elisabeth]

Well done, all of you - you win a joint trip to the Channel! (I'd have offered a crossing by hovercraft, loved those, but they were abandoned when the Eurostar Chunnel train started...)

Here's some background info on the painting:
https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digita...0/id/87750
"Manet's Early Experience of the Sea -- The Naval Engagement -- The Battle of the 'Kearsarge' and the 'Alabama' -- The 'Kearsarge' at Boulogne -- Manet's 1864 Boulogne Seascapes ; 'On June 19, 1864, the United States warship Kearsarge sank the Confederate raider Alabama off the coast of Cherbourg, France, in one of the most celebrated naval engagements of the American Civil War. When Kearsarge later anchored off the French resort town of Boulogne-sur-Mer it was thronged by curious visitors, one of whom was the artist Edouard Manet. Although he did not witness the historic battle, Manet made a painting of it partly as an attempt to regain the respect of his colleagues after having been ridiculed for his works in the 1864 Salon. Manet's picture of the naval engagement and his portrait of the victorious Kearsarge belong to a group of his seascapes of Boulogne whose unorthodox perspective and composition would profoundly influence the course of French painting.'' Manet's paintings and watercolors related to the battle are considered in depth alongside numerous prints, photographs, letters, and archival newspaper illustrations that illuminate the history of the episode and in some cases dispel lingering misconceptions. Manet's other Boulogne seascapes are also discussed in terms of their complex chronology and evolution. A final chapter touches on some of the sources for the seascapes - from Old Master paintings to Japanese woodblock prints - and traces the influence of the seascapes on such artists as Gustave Courbet, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and Claude Monet.'"

...and here on the battle:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_o...urg_(1864)

[Eva Elisabeth]

Without inquiring with The Google - who was this gentleman, and why is he forum-topic-related?
   

[L Verge]

(09-06-2019 06:10 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Without inquiring with The Google - who was this gentleman, and why is he forum-topic-related?

An actor friend of JWB?

[David Lockmiller]

(04-21-2019 04:49 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  ...and here on the battle:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_o...urg_(1864)

During the battle, over forty Confederate sailors were killed in action or drowned. Another seventy or so were picked up by Kearsarge. Thirty or so were rescued by Deerhound, a British yacht, which Captain Winslow asked to help evacuate Alabama's crew, and three French pilot boats. Captain Semmes and fourteen of his officers were among the sailors rescued by Deerhound. Instead of delivering the captured Confederates to Kearsarge, Deerhound set a course for Southampton, thus enabling Captain Semmes' escape. This act severely angered Kearsarge's crew, who begged their captain to allow them to open fire on the British yacht. Captain Winslow would not allow this, so the Confederates got away and avoided imprisonment. Three men were wounded aboard the United States' vessel, one of whom died the following day.

I wonder if President Lincoln learned about the Deerhound incident and then congratulated Captain Winslow on his decision.

[Eva Elisabeth]

(09-06-2019 07:09 PM)L Verge Wrote:  

(09-06-2019 06:10 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Without inquiring with The Google - who was this gentleman, and why is he forum-topic-related?

An actor friend of JWB?

Good guess, Laurie, but that would have been impossible (hint #1...), locally and time-wise...
PS: I think it's a neat and quite "basic trivia" question and answer, although I doubt as well known as it should...

Hint #2: Please think of yes-/no-questions to approach!

[RJNorton]

Eva, is he related to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Good question, Roger - no, he had long been dead in Lincoln's days...

[RJNorton]

Was he an author who had written books that Lincoln read?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Book is on the right track - he wasn't an author in writing however.

[RJNorton]

Is he German?