Accession number
PML 141260.76
Creator
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
Published
[Paris] : L'Artiste, [1843?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Head of sheet: La Sylphide.
With "Imp. Bertants [sic], R. St. Marc, 11" directly below image at right.
Lithograph by Gavarni published in the journal La Sylphide, 1843.
Library's copy printed on chine collé; state two of four, printed before all letters, with the name of the artist and publisher only.
Mounted onto bound album leaf measuring 371 x 280 mm.
Comprises plate 76 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141260).
With "Imp. Bertants [sic], R. St. Marc, 11" directly below image at right.
Lithograph by Gavarni published in the journal La Sylphide, 1843.
Library's copy printed on chine collé; state two of four, printed before all letters, with the name of the artist and publisher only.
Mounted onto bound album leaf measuring 371 x 280 mm.
Comprises plate 76 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141260).
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 193 x 158 mm; sheet: 292 x 232 mm
Provenance
Bookplate of Frederic Robert Halsey; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a poorly furnished room where a young woman kneels at the side of a bed, weeping over the body of a dead or dying woman; another young woman stands at the head of the bed at left, her elbows leaning on the bedstead and her hand covering her face.
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