Cover for the Album Lithographique of 1835

1835

Auguste Raffet

Associated Names
Auguste Raffet

Artist, French, 1804 - 1860

Gihaut frères, Editeurs

Publisher, French, active early 19th century

This is an illustration featuring three figures in theatrical costumes on a small stage. The scene shows a clown, another character in a coat and hat with a cane, and a drummer in a feathered hat and coat. A banner reads "Album Lithographique par Raffet" on the left, and a sign with the year "1835" is displayed above. The drawing uses shading to create depth and convey character expressions, capturing a playful, performative moment likely set in the mid-19th-century Parisian street performance scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Stephen and Claudine Ostrow

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.8 × 37.9 cm (10 9/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.184.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Beraldi, no. 390

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Stephen and Claudine Ostrow, Silver Spring, MD; gift to NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1885

  • Beraldi, Henri. Les graveurs du XIXe siecle, guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. 12 vols. Paris, 1885-1892: no. 390

Inscriptions

upper center in image: ALBUM / LITHOGRAPHIQUE / PAR / RAFFET.; upper right in image: 1835; lower center in image: Raffet / Cela ne coute que la Bagatelle de [not deciphered] / après avoir vu / Chez Gihaut frères, Editeurs, boulevard des Italiens, No. 5; by later hand, lower left in graphite: [not deciphered]

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