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The Piper

Maker

(artist)
1791-1824

(printmaker)
1791-1824

(publisher)
1789-1850

Title

The Piper

Date of Production

1821

Medium

lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 39.4 cm
Width: 27.7 cm

Accession Number

G.2006.TH.38

Mode of Acquisition

Tony Halliday, bequest, 18.10.2006

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

This is one of twelve lithographs from Géricault’s so-called ‘English Set’, made on a visit to London and showing scenes of the city’s poor. The directness with which the ragged piper and his dog are portrayed suggests that they were observed from life. Géricault’s subtle treatment of light and the texture of surfaces reveals him as one of the supreme masters of lithography. The print was one of a group of works bequeathed by Tony Halliday (1949-2006), a former student of The Courtauld Institute of Art.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

The Courtauld Collects - 20 Years of Acquisitions, Somerset House & London & England, 17/06/2010-19/09/2010

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left hand margin & recto : : J. Gericault invt. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right hand margin & recto : : CHullmandel's Lithography //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : THE PIPER. / London Published by Rodwell [ampersand] Martin New Bond St. Feb. 1. 1821. //

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