Accession number
PML 141260.74
Creator
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
Published
[Paris : Curmer, 1843?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
With "Bertauts imp." directly below image.
One of nine lithographs by Gavarni published in Les beaux arts (Paris : Curmer, 1843-1844); print previously issued under the title "Le retour, romance", as one six prints by Gavarni included in an album of songs and music: Les lys et les roses / paroles par Melanie Waldor ; musique de Mlle Octavie Romey (Paris : Bertauts, 1840?).
Library's copy lacks title; pulled before all letters, lettered with the name of the artist and the publisher only.
Mounted onto bound album leaf measuring 371 x 280 mm.
Comprises plate 74 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141260).
One of nine lithographs by Gavarni published in Les beaux arts (Paris : Curmer, 1843-1844); print previously issued under the title "Le retour, romance", as one six prints by Gavarni included in an album of songs and music: Les lys et les roses / paroles par Melanie Waldor ; musique de Mlle Octavie Romey (Paris : Bertauts, 1840?).
Library's copy lacks title; pulled before all letters, lettered with the name of the artist and the publisher only.
Mounted onto bound album leaf measuring 371 x 280 mm.
Comprises plate 74 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141260).
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 184 x 136 mm; sheet: 305 x 232 mm
Provenance
Bookplate of Frederic Robert Halsey; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a bedroom where a young woman sits in a chair before a bed, facing 3/4 to the right, as a little girl kneels on the floor beside her in prayer.
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