The Picnic Painting by Claude Monet

Famous Art work & Drawing by Claude Monet - The Picnic

The Picnic). Left fragment. 1865-1866. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.

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The Picnic		The Picnic. Right fragment.

Sir Francis started on 27th August, 1966 from Plymouth in England and had planned to reach Sydney in Autralia in 100 days, but the voyage took 107 days. The reason was that the voyage did not begin very smoothly. Sir Francis felt very seasick and much of the romance of adventure was lost. Further, the very first night, when he went to sleep, on eof his legs began to ache very badly. He spent the night trying to sleep in the sitting posture. Till 13th September, his progress was very slow, but then a lively current of the trade winds helped him and he covered a distance of 548 miles in just three days. Francis celebrated his 65th birthday on 17th September by sipping champagne in the cockpit and drinking toasts to the health of his wife and friends.

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