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The Barmaid
Paul Gavarni1847-1851
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
The drawings Gavarni made based on his observations in Great Britain often depict the crowds and individual types found in drinking establishments, both low and high. "The Barmaid" not only exhibits its subject's considerable charms but also illustrates a distinctive English social custom. She is shown pausing on the threshold between the working-class "public bar" and the more genteel "parlour" section of the pub in which she works.
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- Title: The Barmaid
- Creator: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
- Date Created: 1847-1851
- Subject Keywords: woman; work; genre
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866)
- Provenance: Goupil, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; 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: watercolors
- Medium: watercolor, crayon, and graphite with white heightening and gum heightening on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
- Inscriptions: [Signature] in graphite, lower right: Gavarni [Transcription] in graphite, upper right: The Barmaid
- Exhibitions: Watercolors and Drawings by Gavarni. National Gallery of Art, Washington. 1953-1954., 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., A Baltimorean in Paris: George A. Lucas, 1860-1909. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979., Great Illustrations: Drawings and Books from the Walters' Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2010.
- Dimensions: H: 10 5/8 x W: 6 7/16 in. (27 x 16.4 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1865
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1442
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