Royal Guard, Norman Mounted Grenadier and Horse, No. 1

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Royal Guard, Norman Mounted Grenadier and Horse, No. 1, c. 1818. Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper.

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper · Image: 27 × 15.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Royal Guard, Norman Mounted Grenadier and Horse, No. 1
Artist: Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836) printed by Comte de Charles Philibert Lasteyrie du Saillant (French, 1759-1849)
Date: c. 1818
Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 27 × 15.1 cm (10 11/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 42.6 × 30 cm (16 13/16 × 11 13/16 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

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.