The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 7, 2026

This horizontal lithograph features energetic hatching depicting churning waves beneath a billowing sky. Dominating the center-left, a vessel with dark sails leans right. To its right, a smaller boat tilts similarly, a tiny craft positioned between them. A low pier stretches across the background horizon. Centered in the bottom margin, uppercase text reads "RETOUR AU PORT." Faint inscriptions mark the corners of the dynamic, sketched composition.

Six Marines: Retour au port

1833

Eugène Isabey

(French, 1803–1886)
France, 19th century
lithograph
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1950.489.3
Catalogue raisonné: Curtis 65
Location: Not on view
  • Gallant Ships and Bully Boys. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-August 3, 1986).
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