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Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault

General of the First Empire Giving his Cavalry Orders to Charge

n.d.
Watercolor, with red chalk and graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream board
53.5 × 45 cm (21.1 × 17.7 in)

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