Accession number:
PML 141262.42
Published:
[Paris : s.n., 1837]
Description:
1 print : lithograph ; image: 183 x 128 mm; sheet: 356 x 261 mm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
Title from Armelhault & Bocher.
Signed by the artist, in reverse, within image at lower right.
Lithograph by Gavarni published, in its second and fully lettered state, in the journal Le carrousel on May 10, 1837.
Library's copy is a proof before letters; the first of two states, according to Armelhault & Bocher.
Comprises plate 42 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141262).
Provenance:
Bookplate of Frederic Robert Halsey; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Print shows a two men standing side by side, full length, wearing wide brimmed hats; the man at right holds a canvas under one arm and smokes a long stemmed pipe; the man at left, with long hair and beard, wears a short cape and carries a paint box.
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