The Coal Waggon [sic.]
![The Coal Waggon [sic.] by Théodore Gericault|Charles Joseph Hullmandel|Rodwell & Martin](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/the-coal-waggon-sic-358007.webp)
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 11 1/16 x 15 in. (28.1 x 38.1 cm) plate: 7 5/8 x 12 3/16 in. (19.4 x 30.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H.O Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.107.124
Tags
About the Artist
Théodore Gericault|Charles Joseph Hullmandel|Rodwell & Martin · 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...