La Boîte aux Lettres: Mon ami
Date1838
Artist
Paul Gavarni
(French printmaker, illustrator, and painter, 1804–1866)
Illustration CitationLe Charivari, November 8, 1838
MediumSingle-color lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 10 3/4 × 7 in. (27.3 × 17.8 cm)
sheet: 12 1/4 × 8 1/16 in. (31.1 × 20.5 cm)
sheet: 12 1/4 × 8 1/16 in. (31.1 × 20.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-458
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextGavarni's series "La Boîte aux Lettres," or "The Mailbox," poked fun at the concerns of the French middle class, through their letters.
