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Sketches of a Cavalry Battle, Head, and Paws of a Greyhound
1813/14
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Graphite with brush and brown wash and black crayon on tan wove paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 16.6 × 22.7 cm (6 9/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1947.35.59V
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Théodore Géricault. Sketches of a Cavalry Battle, Head, and Paws of a Greyhound. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Sketches of a Cavalry Battle, Head, and Paws of a Greyhound — Théodore Géricault. 1813/14.
Medium: Graphite with brush and brown wash and black crayon on tan wove paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: 16.6 × 22.7 cm (6 9/16 × 8 15/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.