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Politique des femmes [print].

Accession number
PML 141266
Creator
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
Published
[Paris] : Chez Bauger, [1843?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Running title at head of plates: Politique des femmes.
Plates numbered 1 through 20 at upper right, lettered with captions.
With "Par Gavarni" and "Imp d'Aubert & Cie" below images; with "Chez Bauger R du Croissant 16" on most plates.
Published suite of 20 numbered lithographs; most with Gavarni's reversed signature or initial in the stone; plates 1 through 18 originally appeared in Le Figaro, Apr. 18, 1839 to Feb. 2, 1840; later reissued, with the addition of the two final plates, in Le Charivari, 1852-1853. Cf. Armelhault & Bocher.
Description
20 prints : lithographs ; sheets: 335 x 252 mm
Provenance
Bookplate of Michael Sadleir; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
1/4 red cloth and marbled boards.
Classification
Department