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Devin, plate 2 from the series Travestissement Grotesques from Le Charivari,
published February 6, 1833

Paul Gavarni, French, 1804–1866
Printed by Jean-François Bénard, French, active 1832–1850
Published by Aubert, French, active 1829–1847

x1938-27 b

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Title

Devin, plate 2 from the series Travestissement Grotesques from Le Charivari

Dates

published February 6, 1833

Maker

Jean-François Bénard

Paul Gavarni

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

image: 22.1 x 15.9 cm. (8 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.) sheet: 30.3 x 23.1 cm (11 15/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Professor Frank Jewett Mather Jr.

Object Number

x1938-27 b

Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Inscription

Printed above plate, upper left and right corners: Travestissemens Grotesques / N. 2 Signed in plate, lower right corner: Gavarni. [backwards] Printed below plate, lower left corner: Gavarni Titled, lower center: DEVIN. Printed in lower margin, left and right: On s’abonne chez Aubert, Galerie Vero-Dedat. / Lith. De Bénard, rue de l’Abbaye, 4.

Marks/Labels/Seals

Inscribed in graphite in unknown hand, lower right corner: 2641 III / 6 fev 1833

Reference Numbers

Mahérault and Bocher 585.2641

Culture

European

Type

prints, lithographs

Materials

lithographic ink

Techniques

lithography

Subject

men, figures (representations), caricatures

Marie Joseph François Mahérault and Emmanuel Bocher, <em>L'oeuvre de Gavarni: catalogue raisonné des estampes</em> (Dijon: L'Échelle de Jacob, 2002)., no. 2644, p. 588

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Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866), Printed by Jean-François Bénard (French, active 1832–1850), Published by Aubert (French, active 1829–1847), Devin, plate 2 from the series Travestissement Grotesques from Le Charivari, published February 6, 1833. Lithograph; 22.1 x 15.9 cm (image), 30.3 x 23.1 cm (sheet). Gift of Professor Frank Jewett Mather Jr. (x1938-27 b) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/3235

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