A coloured engraving showing the costumes worn by the actors Adrien Joly and Philippe in Les Deux Gaspard, Vaudeville at the Théâtre du Vaudeville. Harry Beard Collection.

This full length coloured engraving shows two men seated at a wooden table, its surface covered with a ragged crimson cloth and a pile of turned cards. The men are seated on three legged stools on either side of the table staring intensely and suspiciously into each other's eyes. The man on the left is dressed in a pale blue coat, patched crimson trousers and a white and crimson striped waistcoat. He is holding a fan of three cards in front of him in his left hand but is concealing two further cards in his right which he holds firmly behind his back. Seated opposite him, the other man wears a pale grey overcoat over a tawny shirt, green breeches and buff coloured gaiters. He is leaning his chin against his right hand and holds a fan of cards in his left.

Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard

A coloured engraving showing the costumes worn by the actors Adrien Joly and Philippe in Les Deux Gaspard. Vaudeville at the Théâtre du Vaudeville.

Below the image is a quote from the play:
"SIMPLET:T'avais deux fois des an?
L'AVISE: Et J'en ai ben encore
SIMPLET: T'en auras donc toujours?
L'AVISE: Oui, j'en aurai toujours."

Les Deux Gaspard was a 'comédie-vaudeville' in one act. It was written by Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste (1783-1832), Jules-Joseph-Gabriel de Lurieu and Pierre Adolphe Capelle and was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre du Vaudeville on 3rd February, 1817

This design appears to be part of a series of prints published by Martinet, Rue du Coq, of which this example is labelled as number 447. It is part of the Harry Beard Collection.

S.1036-2010