Le Eloquence de la Chair

Original lithograph by Gavarni published in Paris 1845. Signed in the image. From a series titled Le Eloquence de la Chair which was published in the French magazine 'Le Charivari'. Paul Gavarni was the nom de plume of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (1804-1866), a French caricaturist, born in Paris. He began life as an engineer's draughtsman, but soon turned his attention to his proper vocation as a cartoonist. Most of his best work appeared in Le Charivari. Folds as issued, text on the reverse as issued. Some off-setting.