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Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto)

late 1800s

attributed to Jean Louis Forain

(French, 1852–1931)
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Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
Charcoal with black ink framing lines
Measurements
Sheet: 32.4 x 24.9 cm (12 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2018.45.a
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Description

This image captures the bustling activity of urban Paris in the late 19th century. A fashionable woman climbs into a fiacre—a four-wheel carriage—from the street curb. Her driver, seated at front, watches as she enters. The artist’s loose, sketchy rendering of the charcoal further emphasizes the sensation of busy city life evoked in this drawing.
A vertically oriented charcoal and graphite drawing on cream paper depicts a woman with a light skin tone seen from behind as she steps into a carriage. To her upper right, a man with a light skin tone wearing a top hat sits in the driver's seat. Bold charcoal lines define the large wheels and carriage hood. Vertical hatching fills the background, and a thin ink border frames the composition.

Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto)

late 1800s

Jean Louis Forain

(French, 1852–1931)
France, 19th century

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