Coal Waggon [sic.] Drawn by Horses
![Coal Waggon [sic.] Drawn by Horses by Théodore Gericault](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/coal-waggon-sic-drawn-by-horses-358095.webp)
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 16 15/16 x 22 13/16 in. (43.1 x 58 cm) plate: 7 9/16 x 12 in. (19.2 x 30.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number
20.17.5
Tags
MenCarts
About the Artist
Théodore Gericault · 1791–1824
Théodore Géricault, born Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault on September 26, 1791, in Rouen, France, into a prosperous family—his father a lawyer turned tobacco merchant and his mother from a line of growers—moved to Paris around 1797. Displaying early artistic promise, recognized by painter Jean-Louis Laneuville, he began formal training in 1808 under Carle Vernet, mastering English sporting art...