Les Lorettes Vieillies

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Artist/Maker	Imprimerie Lemercier Et Cie (Printers) Gavarni (artist)
Place of origin	France (printed)

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

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Categories	Prints Printmaking Techniques Satire
Object type	Print
Title	Les Lorettes Vieillies (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Hand coloured lithograph Paper Hand Coloured Lithography
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	circ.204-1947 (Source) circ.205-1947 (Source) circ.206-1947 (Source)
Bibliographic reference	Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1947
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.205-1947

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1037170/les-lorettes-vieillies-print-gavarni/

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