Adelphi Wharf

1821

Théodore Gericault

Artist, French, 1791 - 1824

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 25.2 x 30.9 cm (9 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.60.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 40, State ii/ii?

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 54.

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 54.

Inscriptions

lower left in stone: Gericault; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: Adelphi Wharf

Wikidata ID

Q75121462

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