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Artist
- Name:
- Gavarni, Paul
- Dates:
- 1804-1866
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Humor, Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Brevière, Louis-Henri
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- the Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Œuvres choisies de Gavarni, vol. 1
- Author(s):
- Gautier, Théophile, Laurent-Jan
- Publisher:
- Paris: Hetzel, 1846
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
A man and a woman are playing cards on the floor, the cards being played in the woman’s lap, as a second man intrudes on the scene and stops dead in his tracks. This illustration is from the series “Les lorettes.”
The caption reads in the original French: Valet de trèfle et valet de cœur… — Bataille !
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, black & white, game, Les lorettes, mixed genders, surprise
