Horace Vernet, French
“Captain, I Think This Is the Beginning of a Beautiful French Ship,” 1841
Oil on canvas
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Info, or links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, perhaps in addition to what's in his Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more).
/// French ships blockaded Mexico’s ports.
Why? A pastry chef felt out of sorts.
His bakery’s looting
inspired the shooting.
(Veracruz had to close their resorts!)
/// This ridiculous-named “Pastry War”
is not very well known anymore.
Mexico, I recall,
had to pay off the Gaul,
but the pastry chef shuttered his store.