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"And here you are! so this is how you're having a headache?"
"And this is how you're on duty!"
Artist
- Name:
- Gavarni, Paul
- Dates:
- 1804-1866
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Baulant, Alexandre
- 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 man and a woman stand facing each other in an unexpected encounter. This illustration is from the series “Les débardeurs.”
The caption reads in the original French:
— Te v’la ici, toi ! c’est comme ça qu’t’as la migraine ?
— C’est comme ça qu’tu montes la garde, toi !
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, costume, couple, Les débardeurs
