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Object Type
print
Museum number
1876,1111.330
Title
Object:
Officier d'artillerie légère de la Garde Nationale
(Light artillery officer from the National Guard)
Description
In the centre foreground, a mounted officer charging with his sabre brandished, seen three-quarters to left from behind; to right, another officer, two harnessed horses and other figures suggested beyond; in the foreground a wheel from a broken carriage; from a series. 1823 Lithograph on chine collé
Producer name
Print made by:
Théodore Géricault
Printed by:
Godefroy Engelmann I
Published by:
Gihaut Frères
School/style
French
Production date
1823
Production place
Published in:
Paris (France)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
172 millimetres
(chine collé)
Width:
204 millimetres
(chine collé)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
From a series of seven prints, published by Gihaut in 1823.
Bibliographic references
Delteil / Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré (XIXe et XXe siècles)
(66.III)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
equestrian
soldier
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Philippe Burty
(L.413)
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(sale 27.iv-2.v.1876/421)
Purchased through:
Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau
Acquisition date
1876
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1876,1111.330