Accession number
PML 140273.9
Creator
Charlet, Nicolas-Toussaint, 1792-1845.
Published
[Paris : s.n.], 1822.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Signed by the artist and dated within image at lower right; lettered "Lith de Villain" below image at bottom right.
Comprises plate 18 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.
Comprises plate 18 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.
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 166 x 232 mm; sheet: 265 x 345 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a beggar woman seated in the foreground, holding one hand out as she covers her face with her other hand; a pair of shears lie on the ground below her and she has a placard at her side at far right with reads: Ve la France. Tond les chiens, coupe les oreilles et va en ville; in the background a pack of barking dogs is visible.
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