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Not who you're looking for? Others named The Captain's Daughter: 1836 novel by Aleksandr Pushkin · 1947 film by Mario Camerini · 1958 film by Vladimir Kaplunovskiy · 2000 film by Aleksandr Proshkin
The Captain's Daughter is an 1873 oil painting by the French artist James Tissot. While the exact scene depicted is unclear, it appears that younger man is attempting to unsuccessfully court the captain's daughter either because she is not interested or because her father is proving difficult to win over. Other interpretations suggest the older man is trying to bolster the younger's confidence with alcohol and advice. The young woman herself is turned away from them to stare at the shipping in the river. It was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1873 held at Burlington House in London. It has sometimes been confused with another painting Tissot exhibited there the same year The Last Evening. Today the painting is in the collection of the City Art Gallery in Southampton, having been acquired in 1934.