It inspired the cover, for example, of The Pogues' 1985 album Rum ... their fate by bad luck and banking incompetence. The Raft of the Medusa supplied the perfect metaphor.

The Pogues have paid tribute to late frontman ... which features the Theodore Gericault painting The Raft of the Medusa, altered to include band members’ faces. Finer said the painting’s ...

The moment I saw it, something like Krakatoa went off within me. That painting was Théodore Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa. The Raft of the Medusa is massive in scale, yet its subject ...

The Pogues have paid tribute to late frontman ... which features the Theodore Gericault painting The Raft of the Medusa, altered to include band members' faces. Finer said the painting's use ...

Editor's note: Film maker Richard Heslop shares his thoughts about making The Raft of the Medusa and his memories of working with Derek Jarman. Film maker Richard Heslop shares his thoughts about ...

Extraction: The Raft of the Medusa portrays a brief moment of euphoria as the occupants on the raft spot a glimpsic illusion for their drift, hoping and praying to be rescued. We can almost hear ...

The Pogues have paid tribute to late frontman ... which features the Théodore Géricault painting The Raft of the Medusa, altered to include band members' faces. Finer said the painting's use ...