Literature: Delteil 92, I/III. 

                 École nationale supériore des Beaux-Arts, 1997-1998, E.75.

Printed by Villain.

Part of the set of twelve lithographs and a title page Etudes de chevaux par Géricault, also known as Grands chevaux.

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)