Cavalry Charging

Artist Conrad Gessner (Swiss, 1764–1826)

Date1801

MediumPolyautograph on laid paper mounted on original support sheet with dark brown aquatint border.

DimensionsSheet: 9 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches (23.2 x 31.1 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineAcquired through the Museum Membership Fund

Terms

Polyautograph
Animals
Bridges
Headgear
Horses
Swords
Warfare
Weapons
laid paper mounted on original support sheet with dark brown aquatint border.

Object number85.043

Label CopyOne of the earliest existing polyautographs by any artist anywhere, the work was completed in 1801 and submitted to André only a few weeks after the completion of Benjamin West's Angel of the Resurrection, which is generally considered to be the first artist's lithograph.