Private Conversation

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"They'll be here. Listen Hortense, around midnight, or half past, I'll be busy... know what I mean? Make sure to keep my Anténor out of the way..."

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Artist

Name:
Gavarni, Paul
Dates:
1804-1866
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
People
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Guillaumot, Eugène
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
the Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Œuvres choisies de Gavarni, vol. 4
Author:
Gavarni, Paul
Publisher:
Paris: Garnier Frères, n.d. [ca. 1848?]
Open Library:
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Description:

At a costumed carnival ball, two women have withdrawn to a corner near a curtain to arrange the details of their "sentimental" strategy for the evening. 
The caption reads in the original French:

— Ils vont venir : Écoute Hortense ! sur le coup de minuit, minuit et demi, vois-tu ? J’aurai à faire… Tu t’arrangeras pour m’égarer mon Anténor…

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