Mosieu [sic], on ne peut pas voir papa, il est en train de faire faillite [Sir, you cannot see my father, he is just about to declare bankruptcy], plate 41 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 7 August 1841
Primary
Paul Gavarni
(Paris, France, 1804–1866)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1841
MediumLithograph with hand coloring
DimensionsSheet: 13 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (33.8 × 24 cm)
Image: 7 13/16 × 6 1/4 in. (19.9 × 15.8 cm)
Image: 7 13/16 × 6 1/4 in. (19.9 × 15.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Ira and Virginia Jackson, 1985.51
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1985.51
On View
Not on viewpublished in Le Charivari, 7 August 1841
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