All Resolutions
Artist
- Name:
- Bouquet, Auguste
- Dates:
- 1810-1846
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Lithographer:
- Delaunois, Nicolas Louis
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Robarts Library, The Internet Archive
Periodical
- Title:
- L'Artiste (volume of plates-1845)
- Author(s):
- Collective work
- Publisher:
- Paris: Bureaux de L'Artiste, n.d. [ca. 1845]
Description
Oval-shaped, full-face portrait of Jean-Gaspard Deburau leaning on a balustrade. An elaborate, decorative foliage border bears the symbols of comedy, music instruments, etc.
Jean-Gaspard Deburau (1796-1846) was a famous mime associated with the théâtre des Funambules which was demolished in 1862, during Haussmann’s renovation of Paris.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, border, foliate, L'Artiste, male, periodical, portrait
