Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Dites-toujours?

Edmé Jean Pigal
1798-1872

Dites-toujours?

ca. 1822
10 7/16 x 7 7/8 inches (266 x 200 mm)
Watercolor with black chalk on paper.
2003.20:1

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Published caption.
Watercolor drawing by Pigal for a lithograph published as no. 38 of a volume of 50 hand colored lithographic plates printed by Langlumé and issued with the title: Recueil de scènes de société. Paris : Martinet & Gihaut, 1822.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed with a brush in watercolor at foot: Dites toujours.
Summary

Drawing shows two elderly gentlemen standing next to each other; one facing a brick wall, the other leaning against a wooden fence.

Associated names
Pigal, Edmé Jean, 1798-1872. Recueil de scènes de société. 38.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department