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 and blue colored inks heightened with white on brown, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
Inscriptions: "Gavarni" in brown ink, lower right, partially cropped; "25" in graphite, verso; "70[9]?" in graphite, verso
Exhibitions: Watercolors and Drawings by Gavarni. National Gallery of Art, Washington. 1953-1954., Gavarni. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1993., 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: 6 7/16 x W: 7 15/16 in. (16.3 x 20.2 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1865
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.1445
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