# Fallen Horse and Dead Knight

- By: Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863)
- Date: c. 1827–1829
- Medium: Graphite, with touches of stumping, on cream wove paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 24.9 × 31.7 cm (9 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Margaret Day Blake
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/30948)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/c2720f62-e59a-a4e9-907f-cc526194a06e/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Numerous variations of this subject can be found throughout the work of Delacroix. The glistening skin and flamelike mane of the horse are common features in his lithographs of 1827-29. It is possible that this drawing is an illustration for Shakespeare's Henry VI.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0