The Inundation 

"The Inundation" is a dramatic black and white print by the Belgian artist Jean-François Portaels (1818-1895). The image features a woman, her face contorted with fear, clinging to a tree trunk as turbulent waves surge around her. The print, with its stark contrasts and expressive use of shadow, evokes a sense of despair and helplessness in the face of nature's power, characteristic of Romanticism, a popular artistic movement of the 19th century.