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Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi is an 1826 oil painting by French painter Eugène Delacroix and now preserved at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux. This painting was inspired by the Third Siege of Missolonghi by the Ottoman forces in 1826 during which many people of the city after the long-time siege (almost a year) decided to attempt a mass breakout (sortie) to escape famine and epidemics. The attempt resulted in a disaster with the larger part of the Greeks slain.
