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Identification and Creation

Object Number
109.1996
People
Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris)
Printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, British (London 1789 - 1850 London)
Published by Rodwell & Martin, British (active 1819 - 1935)
Title
The Piper
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
February 1, 1821
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/233032

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 31.4 × 23.2 cm (12 3/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
sheet: 36 × 27.5 cm (14 3/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in stone: J. Gericault inv.t
  • inscription: lower right, in stone: C. Hullmandel's Lithography
  • inscription: lower center, in stone: The Piper. / London. Publiƒhed by Rodwell & Martin New Bond St. Feb. 1. 1821.
  • collector's mark: verso, lower center, blue ink: [outline of cat head] [handwritten, graphite:] 96

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collection.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
Clément 26; Delteil 30; Brugerolles E.24

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in honor of Clare I. Rogan
Object Number
109.1996
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alfredo de Paz and Manuela Mena Marqués, El arte de la era romántica, Galaxia Gutenberg, S.L. and Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado (Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, 2012), pp. 203, 208, reproduced plate XXXVI

Exhibition History

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