Hurricane Before Saint Malo is an 1860 oil painting by the French artist Eugène Isabey. Martineau & Foster p.211 It depicts a violent storm approaching the port town of Saint-Malo in Brittany as sailors and townsfolk attempt to pull a vessel to safety ashore. Isabey was a Romantic artist known for his expressive views of coastlines and seascapes. He had served as court painter to Louis Philippe I during the July Monarchy. He reportedly claimed this was "the finest marine picture he had ever painted". https://www.explorebarnsleycollections.com/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=CP%2fTR+228
The painting was acquired by the British art collector Samuel Joshua Cooper who left it to the Cooper Gallery in Barnsley in his native Yorkshire.https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/hurricane-before-saint-malo-france-68869
References
Bibliography Leribault, Christophe. Eugène Isabey. Louvre, 2012. Martineau, Jane & Foster, Michael. Art Treasures of England: The Regional Collections. Merrell Holberton, 1998 Miquel, Pierre. Eugène Isabey, 1803-1886. Martinelle, 1980.