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La jeunesse de J.J. Rouseau. no. 4, Rousseau et son ami Bâcle [print] / Gavarni del.

Accession number
PML 141262.88
Creator
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
Published
[Paris] : Publié par Jte Bourmancé, éditeur, [1838]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Signature of the artist, reversed, within the image at lower left; below image at lower left: Gavarni del.; below image at lower right: Lith. de Roger & Cie 7 Rue Richer; at foot of sheet: Publié par Jte Bourmancé, éditeur. 14 Boulevard Montmartre; at right of imprint: (Les Confessions. L. III.).
No. 4 of a set of 6 lithographs created by Gavarni illustrating Rouseau's Confessions and appearing under the collective title La jeunesse de J.J. Rouseau; the suite published as part of a series with the title "La littérature illustrée", of which only this set and one other, "Jocelyn, poëm de Lamartine", appear to have been published. Cf. Armelhault & Bocher.
Comprises plate 88 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141262).
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 188 x 148 mm; sheet: 356 x 261 mm
Provenance
Bookplate of Frederic Robert Halsey; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the young Rousseau and his friend walking together, to the left, past a decrepit and overgrown wall; the boys carry satchels and walking sticks and Rousseau has his mechanical fountain slung over one shoulder.
Classification
Department