Accession number
PML 141262.59
Creator
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 18--]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Lettered below image at lower left: Gavarni del.; at lower right: Lith. de Frey.
Comprises plate 59 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141262).
Library's copy is mounted on a larger album leaf.
The 4th state, with "Gavarni del." at lower left and lacking the names of the publishers "Chez Rittner" of Paris, and Charles Tilt of London, present in earlier issues.
Comprises plate 59 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141262).
Library's copy is mounted on a larger album leaf.
The 4th state, with "Gavarni del." at lower left and lacking the names of the publishers "Chez Rittner" of Paris, and Charles Tilt of London, present in earlier issues.
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 110 x 141 mm; sheet: 186 x 223 mm; mounted: 261 x 356 mm
Provenance
Bookplate of Frederic Robert Halsey; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a street seller with his wares arranged under a small awning, assisting a prospective customer in the form of a man accompanied by a woman and two children, who is engaged in trying out telescopes.
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