The Debarkation of Columbus (Morning of October 12, 1492) by Edward Moran (Oil on Canvas – 1892. U.S. Naval Academy Museum Annapolis, Maryland.) Click image to see lager scale.
“Late in his career, marine artist Edward Moran (1828-1901) became influenced by the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s first voyage. He did several large painting of the voyage. The artist has chosen the brilliant spectacle of Columbus with cross uplifted, in magnificent regalia of scarlet and gold and purple, and his officers with the standards of Castile and Leon, and the white and green colors of the expedition, disembarking with his men when his hopes had become a reality, for the purpose of claiming the newly discovered land.”
Today, October 12, 2015 is the 523rd anniversary of Columbus’s landing. Enjoy the federal holiday, if you have off!