Literature: Delteil 80, I/II.

                 École nationale supériore des Beaux-Arts, 1997-1998, E.71.

Title page for the set of twelve lithographs Etudes de chevaux par Géricault, also known as Grands chevaux.

Very Rare. 

Delteil quotes a passage from Ch. Clément, 'Géricault', which states that in order to satisfy public demand, the Gihaut brothers asked for a repeat of the artist's 'The English Set', but that only horses were required. Six equestrian subjects from the original series were retained and Géricault produced watercolours which were to serve as designs for the remaining six. He asked Léon Cogniet and Volmar to execute the work, and he directed the project, sending work back and making some corrections. (BM)