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Lancier en vedette or Un Lancier (A Lancer)

1816

Medium/Technique Lithograph
Dimensions Sheet: 30.2 × 23 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.)
Image: 23.4 × 20.5 cm (9 3/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number39.549
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Beraldi 28; Sanchez 2, only state
DescriptionA lancer on a horse, with a standard, stands motionless, his back is to the viewer; his shoulders and head are turned slightly to the left so you see his profile
To the right, in the background, is a second lancer on his horse with a standard
InscriptionsIn stone, l.l. H. Vernet 1816.; l.r. Lithographé par G. Engelmann
ProvenanceBy 1938 W. G. Russell Allen (1882 - 1955), Boston; 1938 Gift to MFA, Boston (Accession Date: April 14, 1938)