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Les Lorettes Vieillies

Print
1831 (produced)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand coloured lithograph by Gavarni, from the series 'Masques et Visages", 1831, depicting two well off firgures, one male and the other female, engaging with a women dressed in rags; in well to do female figure turn her head from the poor women as if in digust, whilst the man looking on with amusement

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLes Lorettes Vieillies (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand coloured lithograph
Brief description
Hand coloured lithograph entitled "Les Lorettes Vieillies" by Gavarni, No.4 from the series 'Masques et Visages", 1831
Physical description
Hand coloured lithograph by Gavarni, from the series 'Masques et Visages", 1831, depicting two well off firgures, one male and the other female, engaging with a women dressed in rags; in well to do female figure turn her head from the poor women as if in digust, whilst the man looking on with amusement
Dimensions
  • Height: 254mm (Note: Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1947)
  • Width: 203.2mm (Note: Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1947)
Marks and inscriptions
Text found throughout the print indicating artist, title, series, printer and publisher; there is also a caption for the print to give it context (Top of print: "Masques et Visages" Centre of print: "Par Gavarni", "Les Lorettes Vieilles", "4" Capton: "Pamela! La mere a ete ma femme de chambre!" Bottom left corner: "Librairie Nouvelle, 15 Boulevart des Italiens" Bottom centre: "Imp. Lemercier, Paris")
Production
No.4 from the series 'Masques et. Visages', 1831; Printer:Lemercier (Paris), Publisher:Librairie Nouvelle- taken from information found on the print, cross-checked with The Metropolitan Museum of Art's website
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1947
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.205-1947

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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