DrawingsFrench19th century

English Horse Guard

1820-1821

Artists

Théodore GéricaultArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and gouache over graphite on brown wove paper; parts of the background have been varnished

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

23.4 × 29.6 cm (9 3/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Provenance

James Nathaniel de Rothschild, by descent; to his son Baron Henri de Rothschild, sold [through Martin Birnbaum]; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, 1931, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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