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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26553
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 Paraleytic Woman
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Various Subjects Drawn from Life on Stone
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
April 1, 1821
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/4859

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 22.3 x 31.7 cm (8 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
sheet: 35.7 × 49.1 cm (14 1/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in stone: T. Gericault inv.t
  • inscription: lower right, in stone: C. Hullmandel's Lithography.
  • inscription: lower center, in stone: A Paraleytic Woman. / London. Publiƒhed by Rodwell & Martin New Bond St. Ap.l 1. 1821.
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: 30-2
  • inscription: lower center, graphite, partially erased: 231 vente Lang [illegible text]
  • inscription: lower right, graphite, partially erased: de la vente Eug Delacroix 200 [illegible text] Langlois
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: 30 814
  • collector's mark: lower right, purple ink: RAR [encircled] [Lugt 2187a, mark of Alexis Rouart]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 135
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 4 [underlined]
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: Vente D'Eug Delacroix 200 + / Vente Langlois 135
  • inscription: upper right, graphite, erased : 31
  • inscription: left side of sheet: [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Eugene Delacroix. Alexis Hubert Rouart (Lugt 2187a), Paris. [Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2005

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Delteil 38; Clément 30; Brugerolles E.28

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26553
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "Géricault's Staying Power", Index Magazine ([e-journal], August 13, 2018), https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/gericault-s-staying-power, accessed August 15, 2018

Exhibition History

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