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Souvenirs du bal Chicard [print].

Accession number
PML 146765
Creator
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
Published
[Paris] : Chez Bauger, [ca. 1843]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title from head of plates 2-20.
First plate ("Chicard") lacks numbering and caption title.
Published suite of 20 hand colored plates which originally appeared in the journal La Charivari between Mar. 25, 1839 and Jan. 8, 1843. Cf. Armelhault & Bocher.
Most plates lettered "Par Gavarni" and "Imp. d'Aubert et Cie." below image; plates no. 2-16 are lettered "Le Charivari" at upper left.
Some plates lettered "Chez Aubert, gal. Véro-Dodat" and "Se vend chez Bauger et Cie., éditeurs ..."
Description
20 prints : lithographs, hand col. ; sheets: 353 x 268 mm
Provenance
Bookplate of Michael Sadleir; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Disbound plates loosely housed with other works by Gavarni in 1/2 calf binding, lettered "Gavarni" in gold on the spine; with the bookplate of Michael Sadleir.
Classification
Department