2021.279: A Party of Life-Guards

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2021.279

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

A Party of Life-Guards

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Série Anglaise (English Series)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1821

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/359180

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph on off-white wove paper

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

image: 27.3 × 34.2 cm (10 3/4 × 13 7/16 in.)
sheet: 35.2 × 52.5 cm (13 7/8 × 20 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in stone, lower left: Gericault inv.t
• inscription: in stone, lower right: C. Hullmandel's Lithography
• inscription: in stone, lower center: A PARTY OF LIFE GUARDS. / London. Published by Rodwell & Martin New Bond St Feb. 1 1821
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 25841

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[R.E. Lewis, Inc., Belvedere, CA] sold; to Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1999, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

ii/ii

Standard Reference Number

Clément 28; Delteil 34; Bazin 2237

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection

Accession Year

2021

Object Number

2021.279

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Mutiny: Works by Géricault, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/01/2018 - 01/06/2019

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