1821
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
A Party of Life Guards is a 1821 ink by Théodore Géricault, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows soldiers on horseback, dressed in tall hats and heavy coats. One man stands on the ground, holding a horse’s bridle while another soldier talks to him. More soldiers and horses are in the background, packed close together. The lines are rough and quick, like a hurried drawing. The title says these are "Life Guards," a type of military unit. The artist used a scratchy method to make this image—no paint, just ink on stone. Next, look up lithography to see how this technique works.
Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (French: ; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French painter and lithographer.
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