The Suffering of the City of New Orleans, Edgar Degas, circa 1865
Allegorical painting representing suffering of the city of new orleans in the american civil war. Degas had relatives in new orleans. Object Type: painting. Genre: mythological painting. Date: circa 1865. Dimensions: height: 83.5 cm (32.8 in); width: 148.5 cm (58.4 in). Medium: oil on paper mounted on canvas. Collection: Musée d'Orsay. Degas Suffering City of New Orleans