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Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

Sketches of Mounted Carabiniers and Heads of Horses

1813/14
Graphite on tan wove paper, perimeter mounted on ivory laid paper
17.4 × 23.2 cm (6.9 × 9.1 in)

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