The Giaour on Horseback (recto); Study of a Woman with Head and Arms Thrown Back, and Study of the Head of an Old Man (verso)., ca. 1824, Pen and brown ink with wash over graphite on wove paper, Overall: 7 15/16 x 12 in. (20.1 x 30.5 cm), Drawings, Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris), This dynamic study of a Venetian warrior (the Giaour) furiously racing after his beloved's killer, Hassan, was inspired by Byron's poem 'The Giaour, a Fragment of a Turkish Tale,' first published in 1813
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Giaour, Horseback, recto, Study, Woman, Head, Arms Thrown Back, Old Man, verso, ca, 1824, Pen, brown ink, wash, graphite, wove paper, Overall, 7 15/16 x 12, 20.1 30.5 cm, Drawings, Eugène Delacroix, French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, 1798–1863, Paris, dynamic, study, Venetian warrior, furiously racing, beloved, killer, Hassan, inspired, Byron, poem, Fragment, Turkish Tale, first published, 1813
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