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Chief Mameluk, c. 1817. Lithograph in black on buff wove paper.
Lithograph in black on buff wove paper · Image: 24.8 × 35.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Chief Mameluk
- Artist
- Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836) printed by Comte Charles Philibert de Lasteyrie (French, 1759-1849)
- Date
- c. 1817
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on buff wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 24.8 × 35.9 cm (9 13/16 × 14 3/16 in.); Sheet: 32.2 × 44.7 cm (12 11/16 × 17 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Harold Joachim Purchase Fund
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1758–1836
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.