Portrait of Carle Vernet, Standing and Drawing

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Portrait of Carle Vernet, Standing and Drawing, 1818. Lithograph in black on tan wove paper.

Lithograph in black on tan wove paper · Image: 22.3 × 24.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Portrait of Carle Vernet, Standing and Drawing
Artist: Horace Vernet French, 1789-1863
Date: 1818
Medium: Lithograph in black on tan wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 22.3 × 24.8 cm (8 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 46.6 × 31.5 cm (18 3/8 × 12 7/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of the Print and Drawing Club
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1789–1863

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