Caption

Artillery Officer, Artillery Officer Commanding the Charge, Suite of Eight Small Pieces, Eight small plates, print, The mounted artillery officer, in his right hand a raised saber. Behind him a carriage with a cannon drawn by horses., printmaker: Théodore Géricault, printer (person): Gottfried Engelmann, Paris (possibly), publisher: Gihaut frères (possibly), 1823 - 1823-02-01, printer (person), paper, lithography, chine collé, height 120 mm x width 175 mm, height 266 mm x width 363 mm, warfare, military affairs (cavalry, horsemen), A monochrome drawing of a mounted soldier raising a curved sword while riding a trotting horse, the rider wearing a fur hat and a detailed uniform with visible straps and a rolled cloak or blanket at the saddle, the horse shown in mid-stride with visible tack and muscular shading, a faint background scene with other mounted figures and a cannon and carriage sketched in lighter tones, and a textured ground beneath the horse with patches of darker shading.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A90_137

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Rights managed

Available size

45.5Mb (8.3Mb) / 15.7in x 11.3in / 4705 x 3378 (300dpi)

Keywords

Artillery Officer Artillery Officer Commanding Charge Suite Eight Small Pieces Eight small plates print mounted artillery officer right hand raised saber carriage cannon drawn horses printmaker Théodore Géricault printer person Gottfried Engelmann Paris publisher Gihaut frères 1823 - 1823-02-01 paper lithography chine collé height 120 mm x width 175 mm height 266 mm x 363 mm warfare military affairs cavalry horsemen monochrome drawing mounted soldier raising curved sword riding trotting horse rider wearing fur hat detailed uniform visible straps rolled cloak blanket saddle horse shown mid-stride visible tack muscular shading faint background scene mounted figures cannon carriage sketched lighter tones textured ground beneath horse patches darker shading