Advanced Search 
The Sleeping Fish Merchant
Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault (French, 1791–1824)
1820
Medium/Technique
Pen lithograph on stone paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 28.8 x 42 cm (11 5/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Frederick Keppel Memorial Bequest
Accession NumberM23502
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil 024; Clément 40
DescriptionThis is one of seven prints Géricault made from drawings on lithographic paper board, known as "stone-paper". Senefelder invented stone paper, a specially coated cardboard, as a more portable alternative to the weighty, brittle lithography stones.
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 10/1/1913 [exact to month]