01 June
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my tags: ART or FANART. other than that, nothing belongs to me.
my tags: ART or FANART. other than that, nothing belongs to me.
![1901-a-space-odyssey:
Julius LeBlanc Stewart, On the Yacht “Namouna”, Venice 1890
“The painting depicts [Gordon] Bennett dressed in his characteristic white linen suit and boater hat, seated along one of the teak banquettes at left. To the right, Stewart painted two ladies reclining in their chairs, with a male suitor to their right. It is believed that the woman in blue is the British actress Lillie Langtry (1853-1929), whom Stewart had previously depicted in The Hunt Ball. The suitor to Langtry’s right is meant to be her one-time beau, Freddie Gebhard (1860-1910), an avid playboy-sportsman. Stewart’s friend, the American art critic John Van Dyke, accompanied Stewart on this trip and described the journey as follows: “One summer in Venice, Jules Stewart was painting a large picture of a yachting party at sea. James Gordon Bennett’s yacht, the Namouna, was lying off San Marco out of commission, and it was the foredeck of that yacht that furnished the background of the picture. Bennett had given Stewart the run of the yacht, and we practically lived on her, going ashore for luncheon and dinner at the restaurants.”” - christies.com](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4dmcwRkxq1qmcfpyo1_500.jpg)
