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Les Lorettes / Gavarni.

Accession number
PML 141276-77
Creator
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
Published
Paris : En vente au Bureau du Charivari, 1843?
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Cover title.
Running title at head of plates: Les lorettes.
Plates numbered 1 through 79 at upper right; plates lettered with captions.
Plates variously lettered with imprint: "Chez Bauger R du Croissant 16" or "Chez Pannier & Cie ..."; some of the plates are lettered "par Gavarni" below the image.
"Imp d'Aubert & Cie" below images.
Published suite of 79 numbered lithographs, originally published in Le Charivari from Jun. 30, 1841 to Dec. 30, 1843 (cf. Armelhault & Bocher); issued here by the publisher or printseller in three volumes, designated series 1-3, although there is no evidence that this publishing format was originally intended by the artist or original publishers.
Library has vols. 2 (2me série, plates 37-53) and 3 (3me série, plates 54-79) only; library's copy missing the final plate no. 79.
Description
3 v. (79 leaves of plates) : all ill. (lithograph) ; 34 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's wrappers.
Classification
Department