"Les Maris me font toujours rire" (Husbands Always Make Me Laugh), 1852/1853

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series Title

Masques et Visages [Beraldi 249-266]

Medium

lithograph in black on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 19.1 x 16.3 cm (7 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.)

sheet: 35.5 x 26.3 cm (14 x 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth B. Benedict

Catalogue Raisonné

Beraldi, no. 263, State only

Accession Number

1994.60.19

Artists / Makers

Paul Gavarni (artist) French, 1804 - 1866

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: Par Gavarni.; lower right in plate: Imp. Lemercier, Paris; across botoom in plate: "LES MARIS ME FONT TOUJOURS RIRE" / 28 / _Vous croyez donc Jouph, que cette personne m'a remarqué?......_ (You believe then Jouph, that this person noticed me?); upper center in plate: MASQUES ET VISAGES; upper left in stone within image: 53 - 173 (mirror image); by later hand, lower left in graphite: AB 1417 ii

Provenance

Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington; bequest to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Benedict, Ruth B., Dr.

Bibliography

1885: Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris: Librairie L. Conquet, 1885-1892.