Edmé Jean Pigal
1798-1872
J't'aim'tant!
ca. 1822
11 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches (283 x 200 mm)
Watercolor with black chalk on paper.
2003.20:7
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Published caption title same as above.
Watercolor drawing by Pigal for a lithograph published as no. 43 of a volume of 50 hand colored lithographic plates printed by Langlumé and issued with the title: Recueil de scènes populaires. Paris : Martinet & Gihaut, 1822.
Watercolor drawing by Pigal for a lithograph published as no. 43 of a volume of 50 hand colored lithographic plates printed by Langlumé and issued with the title: Recueil de scènes populaires. Paris : Martinet & Gihaut, 1822.
Inscriptions/Markings
Title also inscribed with a brush in watercolor at foot of drawing.
Summary
Drawing shows a man, disheveled and apparently inebriated, throwing his arms around the neck of a startled and frightened woman; an overturned wine bottle lies on the ground at left.
Associated names
Pigal, Edmé Jean, 1798-1872. Recueil de scènes populaires. 43.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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