Art, literature & history
Sketches for a Cavalry Battle; the Hind Legs of a Dog
1813/14
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Graphite with brush and brown wash, on cream wove paper perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 17.2 × 23 cm (6 13/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1947.35.60R
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Théodore Géricault. Sketches for a Cavalry Battle; the Hind Legs of a Dog. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Sketches for a Cavalry Battle; the Hind Legs of a Dog — Théodore Géricault. 1813/14.
Medium: Graphite with brush and brown wash, on cream wove paper perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: 17.2 × 23 cm (6 13/16 × 9 1/16 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.