Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1865, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Object Type: drawings
Medium: iron gall ink with red ink heightened with white on brown, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
Inscriptions: "Gavarni" in brown in, lower right; "Mélancolie" in lower left; "2", "25" in graphite, verso; "No.7" in brown ink, verso; watermarked, "M" in large script with foliage below
Exhibitions: The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. 2005-2006.
Dimensions: H: 8 11/16 x W: 11 7/8 in. (22.1 x 30.2 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1865
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.1447
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