Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone: Entrance to Adelphi Wharf (1821): Art, History and Details

Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone: Entrance to Adelphi Wharf (1821) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Théodore Géricault (French, 1791–1824).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Gericault produced a wonderful set of lithographs on a visit to London in 1820–21. Entrance to Adelphi Wharf exploits the inherent ability of lithography to produce opaque blacks and an unlimited range of grays.

Object facts

• Title: Various Subjects Drawn from Life and on Stone: Entrance to Adelphi Wharf
• Date: 1821
• Creator attribution: Théodore Géricault (French, 1791–1824)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: lithograph
• Dimensions: Sheet: 38 x 56 cm (14 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.); Image: 25.2 x 30.9 cm (9 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
• Collection: PR - Lithograph
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1990.51

Collection credit

Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

Further reading listed by the museum

• Glaubinger, Jane. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147.

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