Paul Gavarni, The Actress

The Actress, 1840

After Paul Gavarni (1804 - 1866)

RA Collection: Art

Title
The Actress
Illustrated by
After Paul Gavarni (1804 - 1866)
Engraved by
Adrien Lavieille (1818 - 1862)
Date
1840
Object type
Plate
Medium
Wood-engraving
Dimensions

158 mm x 115 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
12/52
This image is from a book

Pictures of the French A Series of Literary and Graphic Delineations of French Character by Jules Janin, Balzac, Cormenin, and other celebrated French authors; with upwards of two hundred and thirty engravings, drawn on the wood by Gavarni, H. Monnier and Meissonier, and engraved by Lavieille, etc. - London: 1840

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