Accession number
PML 141262.50
Creator
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
Published
[Paris : s.n., 1835]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from Armelhault & Bocher.
Initialed and dated "1835" by the artist, in reverse, within image at lower right.
Library's copy is a proof before all letters; according to Armelhault & Bocher, this print was never published.
Comprises plate 50 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141262).
Initialed and dated "1835" by the artist, in reverse, within image at lower right.
Library's copy is a proof before all letters; according to Armelhault & Bocher, this print was never published.
Comprises plate 50 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141262).
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 160 x 122 mm; sheet: 356 x 261 mm
Provenance
Bookplate of Frederic Robert Halsey; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a group of people on the street in front of a wall enclosing the front of a tavern which stands in the background at right; in the foreground, a young couple, facing away from the viewer, walk arm-in-arm to the right, the woman looking forward over her shoulder; another couple are shown in the background at left, a small dog stands in the foreground at lower left, and two men in top hats, seen from the back, stand in conversation in the background at the far right.
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