The Departure of the Folkestone Boat by Manet in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, August 2009

The Folkestone Boat, Boulogne

Édouard Manet, French, 1832 - 1883

Geography: Made in France, Europe

Date: 1869

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 23 5/8 x 28 15/16 inches (60 x 73.5 cm)

Curatorial Department: European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

Object Location: Gallery 161, European Art 1850-1900, first floor (Annenberg Galleries; Resnick Rotunda)

Accession Number: 1963-116-10

Credit Line: The Mr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Tyson, Jr., Collection, 1963

Label:
This image of the steam ferry that carried passengers from Boulogne to Folkestone, on the Channel coast in England, is one of two paintings that Manet made of the subject. The painting conveys the bustle and excitement of international travel in the early days of the steamboat's operation. Manet employed thick and sometimes choppy brushstrokes to provide a sense of the enormous visual interest the scene held for him. His signature on this painting indicates that he considered it complete, despite its lack of incidental detail.

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