Théodore GÉRICAULT
1791 - 1824
Retour de Russie
1818
Original lithograph
445 × 366 mm, margins 485 × 395 mm
Fine impression with the tint-stone on wove paper, of the third state (of 6), before the title and the withdrawal of the address, but with the edges of the clouds somewhat softened, printed by Charles Motte, restored tear in the upper left part of the sheet, thin places along the upper border and at the center of the lower part of the subject, small stains in the margins.
Reference: Delteil 13 i/ii; Catalogue of the exhibition Géricault at the Grand Palais, Paris, 1991-1992, 66 iii/vi; Catalogue of the exhibition Géricault at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1997-1998, E.10