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The Sleeping Fishmonger

A work made of lithograph in black on light gray wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of lithograph in black on light gray wove paper.

Date:

1820

Artist:

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault
French, 1791-1824

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

Title

The Sleeping Fishmonger

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1820

Medium

Lithograph in black on light gray wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 21.6 × 29.2 cm (8 9/16 × 11 1/2 in.); Sheet: 28.8 × 42.6 cm (11 3/8 × 16 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1960.720

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