Conformation and the Parade Ring · At the Rail
Two Horses Exercised by a Jockey
Théodore Géricault, 1822 · lithograph
What it is
A rider in a top hat sits a grey and leads a dark horse alongside, both in checked rugs, in Théodore Géricault’s lithograph of 1822.
Why it matters
Géricault was a lithographer as well as a painter, and he gave the working horse the same care as the racehorse.
What to notice
The checks on the two rugs are drawn stroke by stroke, and the led horse’s head pulls slightly away.
Exercise, in the quiet street.
Provenance
- Maker
- Théodore Géricault, 1822
- Era
- The Georgian Turf (1750–1837)
- Chapter
- The Yard Wakes
- Medium
- lithograph
- Made
- 1822
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · via Wikimedia Commons · 20.17.14
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Wikimedia Commons licence tag, read 2026-11-01: Cc-zero. The maker died in 1824.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
More from the Stable Wall
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- The Links — the other morning religion.
- Painted Lineage — the bloodline, beside the family line.
- Painted Earth — home ground as a period map.