Paul Gavarni
French, 1804–1866
The Poacher
c. 1855
| Medium | pen and reddish-brown ink and blue-gray wash on paper |
| Dimensions | Overall: 7 15/16 x 5 13/16 in. (20.1 x 14.8 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.1655 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Paul Gavarni, The Poacher, c. 1855, pen and reddish-brown ink and blue-gray wash on paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1655
Select Bibliography
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, Standish D. Lawder, and Charles W. Talbot, Jr. Drawings from the Clark Art Institute: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Robert Sterling Clark Collection of European and American Drawings, Sixteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 2 volumes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Thirty-four: French Drawings of the 19th Century. August 28, 1966.
Cass, David B. and Michael M. Floss. Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, 1803-1860. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1984.
Provenance
R. C. and N. M. Vose, Boston (bought by Robert Sterling Clark, 1917, under title of The Poacher).
