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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

École du balayeur [print].

Accession number
PML 140273.16
Creator
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.
Published
[Paris] : Chez Gihaut, bould. des italiens N. 5, [1822]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Date from La Combe.
Caption title from head of sheet; caption below image reads: Saiser le balai avec la main droite, à hauteur du dernier bouton de la veste, la main gauche à hauteur de l'oeil, pour ceux qui en ont (Lecon 1: page 3).
Signed by the artist within image at lower left; lettered "Lith. de C. Villain" below image at lower right.
Comprises plate 26 of v. 1 of a 5 v. set of albums containing a collection of 496 lithographs by Charlet, including published suites of plates and individually published prints.
Library's copy is folded down the center and mounted on bound stub.
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 217 x 289 mm; sheet: 345 x 530 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a group of street sweepers at work, with the raised brooms carried by other street sweepers visible in the background.
Classification
Department