A concise description of Monsieur Jerricault's great picture, ... representing the surviving crew of the Medusa French frigate, ... The above magnificent picture, which was painted for the exhibition at the Louvre, in 1819, ... is now open for public inspection, at the Roman Gallery, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.
[London]: Printed by W. Smith, King Street, Long Acre, [1820]
Physical Description
15, [1], 3 p.; 172 mm.
General Note
The half-title reads, 'A concise description / of / Monsieur Jerricault's / great picture / representing / the surviving crew / of the / Medusa French frigate, / after remaining 13 days on a raft.' The three numbered pages at the end of th exhibition catalogue are an advertisement for the Egyptian Hall.
References
See Sir John Soane's Museum Library (ref. no. 5067)
Provenance
Part of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA presented by Mrs Rodwell in 1937 (see RA Annual Report for 1937, p. 55).
Bound (6) in vol. VI of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA.
Binding Note
In green quarter-bound leather; spine with two red leather labels, both lettered in gilt, the first as 'Miscellaneous' and the second as 'Vol. / VI'.
Subject
Géricault, Théodore 1791-1824. Raft of the Medusa ; Exhibitions - Egyptian Hall (London, England)