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Shipwreck of the Medusa

A work made of pen lithograph in black on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of pen lithograph in black on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1820

Artist:

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault (French, 1791-1824) and Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (French, 1792-1845)
printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (German and English, 1789-1850)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

Title

Shipwreck of the Medusa

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1820

Medium

Pen lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 10 × 15.9 cm (3 15/16 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 17.4 × 24.4 cm (6 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1992.175

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