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Collection Online as of December 22, 2025

Vertically oriented black-inked print depicting two people with light skin tones, one with their back to the wall while a second leans over, face-to-face with them, left arm bracing them against the wall. The person with their back to the wall has light-colored hair in a curled bob and wears a top hat and dress while pulling on a coat. The other wears a suit and top hat sketched with more frenetic lines than the first. The wall turns into an opening just to our right. Inscribed below the print, an em-dash precedes the words "Croyez vraiment, Mademoiselle, á toute la sinćèritè de mes sentiments......" to which another em-dash begins the quote "Et c'est lá tout ce que tu payes?"

Carnaval

c. 1841–47

Paul Gavarni

(French, 1804–1866)
France, 19th century
lithograph
Gift of Mrs. Ralph King 1929.43
Catalogue raisonné: Armelhault and Bocher 1057
Location: Not on view
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