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Costume Ball by Paul Gavarni — VisualArtsDB

Costume Ball

Costume Ball

Medium: Lithograph
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Plate 9 from 'Histoire d'en dire deux'

Plate 9 from 'Histoire d'en dire deux'

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Without even counting the times there wasn't a thing at our house to put in the oven ... and Monsieur wears an overcoat of doubly thick cloth. Good lord! An overcoat of doubly thick cloth!, p. 53.

Without even counting the times there wasn't a thing at our house to put in the oven ... and Monsieur wears an overcoat of doubly thick cloth. Good lord! An overcoat of doubly thick cloth!, p. 53.

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I was slandered, my dear, but they finished by doing me justice. They owe that to your husband.

I was slandered, my dear, but they finished by doing me justice. They owe that to your husband.

Paul Gavarni