Item #24519 Fourberies de Femmes. "Desappointement: Il me semblait portant avoir entendu la voix d'un homme..." Lithograph. Paul Gavarni.

Fourberies de Femmes. "Desappointement: Il me semblait portant avoir entendu la voix d'un homme..." Lithograph.

Paris: Cabochet, Gregoire, Ca. 1857. Caricature by Paul Gavarni (1804 - 1866), French satirical artist noted for his clever observations of contemporary life and elegant genre scenes, and imitated by artists such as James McNeill Whistler.

Depicting a husband in night dress holding a revolver and confronting a "sleeping" young wife overhearing a man's voice in her room. The wife holds a top hat in her dangling hand, and an open book on the wife's lap reads "Feminine Morals". Magnificently hand colored lithograph highlighted with gum arabic, dated in the print at the lower left; printed at upper right border is the number 9. Slight foxing mostly in margins. Paper size approximately 9 1/2 x 12 1/2" Very good condition. Item #24519

Price: $325.00

See all items in FRANCE
See all items by