T. Gericault inv.t. C. Hullmandel's Lithography.
London, Published by Rodwell & Martin New Bond Street. Feb. 1. 1821.
Fine lithograph, watermark 1820. Printed area: 285 x 405mm (11¼ x 16"). Tear to left edge.
Two horses wearing saddlecloths canter on a path towards the right, the one in the foreground is unmounted, held by the reins of the rider on the other horse. After Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault (1791-1824). From the only edition of Rodwell and Martin's 'Various Subjects drawn from life on Stone', known as the 'English Series'. Despite its commercial failure at the time, Gericault's 'English Series' is now considered to have been of the greatest importance in the development of lithography as an art form during the first half of the nineteenth century. Due to the comparitively small number of impressions printed before the stones were effaced, exampes of Gericault's lithographs from this series are now extremely rare and have always been amongst the most sought after of his original printed works.
See Refs: 35439, 58910 & 58710
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