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

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

N'abandonnez pas cette pauvre veuve [print].

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.
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.
Classification
Department