The Coachman
n.d.
Medium
Lithograph in black, with scraping on stone, on cream wove chine, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.1 × 18.2 cm (8 5/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Primary support: 21.2 × 18.2 cm (8 3/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Secondary support: 42.1 × 31.5 cm (16 5/8 × 12 7/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
78829
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Eugène Leroux · 1807–1863
**Eugène Prosper Leroux (1807–1863)** was a French lithographer whose work bridged commercial illustration and the artistic currents of the Romantic era. Born Victor Eugène Prosper Leroux on May 31, 1807, in Caen, he moved to Paris in 1833. There, his natural talent for drawing initially led him to produce practical lithographs for advertisements, business cards, musical scores (over a hundred), a...