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Nicolas Toussaint Charlet

Shipwreck of the Meduse, 1820

Description

Maker

  • Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1792-1845, French
  • Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Géricault, 1791-1824, French, designer
  • Charles Joseph Hullmandel, 1789-1850, English, printer

Title

Shipwreck of the Meduse

Year

1820

Medium

Lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lithograph

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 12.1 x 15.9 cm (4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered LC: "Shipwreck of the Meduse."; below: "C. Hullmandel's Lithography"

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

78.016

About

A lithograph made after the famous painting: bodies of dead and dying men sprawl across the raft, two men hailing a ship with rags.

Lettered LC: "Shipwreck of the Meduse."; below: "C. Hullmandel's Lithography"

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Projects & Publications

Publications

Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré

the graphic works of nineteenth and twentieth century artists

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Shipwreck of the Meduse with the accession number of 78.016. To request a higher resolution file, please submit an online request.

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