Accession number
PML 141260.45
Creator
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
Published
[Paris] : L'Artiste, [1837]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Head of sheet: L'Artiste.
Lettered with title below image; "Lith. de Lemercier, Benard et Cie" directly below image at right; signed bu the artist in reverse within the image at lower right, "Gavarni 1837".
Lithograph by Gavarni published in the journal L'Artiste.
The second state of three, with the date changed from "1835" to "1837". Cf. Armelhault & Bocher.
Mounted onto bound album leaf measuring 371 x 280 mm.
Comprises plate 45 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141260).
Lettered with title below image; "Lith. de Lemercier, Benard et Cie" directly below image at right; signed bu the artist in reverse within the image at lower right, "Gavarni 1837".
Lithograph by Gavarni published in the journal L'Artiste.
The second state of three, with the date changed from "1835" to "1837". Cf. Armelhault & Bocher.
Mounted onto bound album leaf measuring 371 x 280 mm.
Comprises plate 45 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141260).
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 135 x 99 mm; sheet: 282 x 210 mm
Provenance
Bookplate of Frederic Robert Halsey; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the interior of a prison where two young men stand together closely examining a map of the city of Paris on the wall at right; in the background are three other young men, one leaning against a column at left with his head down and his hands in his pants pockets, and two standing in conversation behind him.
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