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Manet’s Boating

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Except for the lady’s attire, and one other anomaly, this 1874 painting could be a modern photograph. What anomaly? The man at the tiller should have the line at the right in his right hand–rather than tied off–to adjust the sail to changes in the wind and the craft’s direction. Apparently, he did, originally.