A Paraleytic Woman, plate 9 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)

April 1821

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault (French, 1791-1824)
printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (German and English, 1789-1850)
published by Rodwell and Martin

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.

Status: On View, Gallery 220
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault
Title: A Paraleytic Woman, plate 9 from Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone (The English Suite)
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 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.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Alan Rutenberg; Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1991.228.1
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Beraldi 30

Rouen, Géricault Complete Prints Exh. 30 only

Delteil 38 only

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