DrawingsFrench19th century

Coal Wagon Hauled by Seven Horses; verso: Sketches of horses and a cart

1821-1823

Artists

Théodore GéricaultArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and gray-blue and brown watercolor on cream modern laid paper; verso: graphite

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

17 x 27 cm (6 11/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Général Rollin. Mlle B..., sold [through Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 10, 1916, lot 16]. Pierre Olivier Dubaut, Paris, Lugt 2103b, sold [through Martin Birnbaum]; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1931, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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