Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault (French, 1791-1824)
printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (German and English, 1789-1850)
published by Rodwell and Martin
A Paraleytic Woman, plate 9 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)
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Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault (French, 1791-1824)
printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (German and English, 1789-1850)
published by Rodwell and MartinApril 1821
A Paraleytic Woman, plate 9 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)
Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault (French, 1791-1824) printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (German and English, 1789-1850) published by Rodwell and Martin →lithographprint
Date
April 1821
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 22.6 × 31.7 cm (8 15/16 × 12 1/2 in.); Sheet: 37.6 × 49.6 cm (14 13/16 × 19 9/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by Alan Rutenberg; Clarence Buckingham Collection
Although he was renowned as a painter, Théodore Géricault feared that he could never rival the work of his predecessors. Thus, he embraced the invention of lithography in the late 18th century as an opportunity to become the master of a new medium. Here Géricault used the lines of the building to frame the young girl’s despair at the plight of the older woman.
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