The Railway Restaurant

c. 1879

Edouard Manet

Associated Names
Edouard Manet

Artist, French, 1832 - 1883

The image shows a sketch featuring a group of people engaged in various activities. At least four individuals are visible from the waist up. The central figure, a man, is wearing a top hat, and a woman standing close to him also wears a hat. Their facial features are lightly sketched. The figures surrounding them also wear hats. The individuals are dressed in formal attire. In the lower foreground is a table with the outline of a glass and a plate. The background has vertical lines that may represent fencing or a railing, along with some sketches of text or signage. The entire scene is in a monochromatic tone, giving it a vintage sketch appearance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on wove paper laid down

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 19.6 x 27.8 cm (7 11/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.128.25


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released 2006.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Vernet to Villon: Nineteenth-Century French Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Art. Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma. Norman, OK, 2012, no. 18.

Inscriptions

by later hand, center verso in graphite: 8570 / Schwetzer

Wikidata ID

Q64556968

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