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A Heavy Load: P.266-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Heavy Load

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Géricault, Jean Louis André Théodore (After)
Printmaker: Unknown

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Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Note

Reduced copy of Géricault's Le Chariot de Charbon from the series Etudes de Chevaux par Géricault, Paris, Gihaut, 1822

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 142 mm Width 226 mm
Sheet Height 244 mm Width 310 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: A Heavy Load
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.266-1991
Primary reference Number: 2200
Delteil: 36
Delteil: 81

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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