Boxers, 1818, Lithograph, Image: 13 15/16 ? 16 1/2 in. (35. 4 ? 41. 9 cm), Prints, Theodore Gericault (French, Rouen 1791?1824 Paris), Gericault began to practice lithography?a medium associated with French Romanticism?in 1817, quickly mastering the technique. This image represents the popular English sport of boxing: two muscular combatants, in strikingly similar poses, confront one another