Bal de l'opera (22 Janvier 1831.) [print] : Uniformes des commisaires.

Accession number: 
PML 141260.26
Author: 
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866.
Published: 
[Paris] : La Mode, [1831]
Description: 
1 print : lithograph ; image approx.: 175 x 135 mm; sheet: 299 x 217 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

At head of sheet: La Mode.
Lettered with title directly below image; with "L'Administration est rue du Helder, 25.", below; "Lith. de Frey" within image at lower left; signed "Gavarni" in reverse within the image at lower right; numbered "Pl. 117." at lower left of sheet.
Lithograph by Gavarni published in the journal La Mode in 1831.
Library's copy printed on chine collé.
Mounted onto bound album leaf measuring 371 x 280 mm.
Comprises plate 26 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141260).

Provenance: 
Bookplate of Frederic Robert Halsey; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

A fashion plate of a young couple descending a flight of stairs; the, man at right, wears the uniform of an officer in the national guard; the woman, at left, wears a gown with short, flounce lace sleeves and a plumed headdress.

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