The Corvette Galathea Heaving To
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1839
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg sailed on the Danish corvette Galathea across the North Sea to Dover in May 1839. On the voyage the brig St. Jean was struck by a Finnish merchant ship, and Galathea hove to to send help. Eckersberg painted the scene, which is in the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.
