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Cannibalism on the Raft of the Medusa. Black crayon, brown ink wash, and white gouache on beige paper, 28 x 38 cm. Louvre, Paris

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Author
Theodore Gericault (1791-1824)
Description
Cannibalism on the Raft of the Medusa,Black crayon, brown ink wash, and white gouache on beige paper. 28 by 38 cm. Louvre, Paris.
Date between 1818 and 1819
date QS:P571,+1818-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1818-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1819-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Source/Photographer Screen capture from Google books Extremities: Painting Empire in Post-revolutionary France by Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby; New Haven: Yale University Press (2002) ISBN 9780300088878, pg. 192.

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