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"And here's daylight. I'm bushed, I am. How 'bout you?"
"I'm not."
Artist
- Name:
- Gavarni, Paul
- Dates:
- 1804-1866
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Bara, J., Gérard, Louis Alphonse
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- the Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Œuvres choisies de Gavarni, vol. 4
- Author(s):
- Gavarni, Paul
- Publisher:
- Paris: Garnier Frères, n.d. [ca. 1848]
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A woman standing bolt upright is followed by a man with bowed neck and sagging shoulders as they are on their way out of the dance. This illustration is from the series “Les débardeurs.”
The caption reads in the original French:
— V’la qu’i fait jour : j’suis échigné, moi, dame ! et toi ?
— Pas moi.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, costume, couple, Les débardeurs
