http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/medusa/

Thanks for that. Interesting read. Nothing like a good cannibal story to make the skin crawl. Sawney Bean always gave me the creeps. This page allows you to view the painitng in detail: http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/gericault/raft_of_the_medusa.jpg.html Shortly after getting my first copy of Space and seeing the cover I happened to be flipping though a friend's art book and had a start when I found this painting. Could never remember the name of it. -paul