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Paul Gavarni — Sergent - Major de la Nième Légion

Paul Gavarni

Sergent - Major de la Nième Légion

1857

Military portraiture meets social satire in this carefully observed character study, typical of Gavarni's penetrating eye for human types.

Medium
lithograph

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Paul Gavarni, Sergent - Major de la Nième Légion, 1857

Military portraiture meets social satire in this carefully observed character study, typical of Gavarni's penetrating eye for human types.

Medium
lithograph
Year
1857
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Character Study, Monochrome, French, 19th Century, Romantic Era, Military, Portrait, Lithograph, Figurative, Satirical

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