Image
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
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Materials
Supports
Dimensions
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Plate: 12.1 x 15.9 cm (4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Lettered LC: "Shipwreck of the Meduse."; below: "C. Hullmandel's Lithography"
Type
Credit
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Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund
Object Number
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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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