Caption

Woman writes a letter in the kitchen, Peut aitre en-ai je trop dit, Letters, La boîte aux lettres, cartoon, print, Series number, 34, stamp: 'Timbre Royal, 3c., Seine', printmaker: Paul Gavarni, publisher: Caboche & Cie., Grégoire, Paris, 1837, paper, lithography, height 363 mm x width 238 mm, Print used for: Le Charivari, August 26, 1837., kitchen, sitting figure - AA - female human figure, letter, envelope, handwriting, writing as activity, A sketch of a woman seated at a wooden table, leaning forward with her head resting on one arm and her other hand holding a small object on the tabletop, wearing a long dress and apron with her hair tied back; a chair behind her and a coat or cloth hanging on the left; pans and a round object suspended from hooks on the wall above her head, and a beam slanting down from the right; beneath the table are a jug and other containers, and to the right of the table are baskets and folded cloth; the scene is drawn in pencil or charcoal on aged paper with a broad area of handwritten script below the illustration.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B38_041

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43.3Mb (5.9Mb) / 10.0in x 16.7in / 3011 x 5023 (300dpi)

Keywords

Woman writes letter kitchen Peut aitre en-ai je trop dit Letters La boîte aux lettres cartoon print Series number 34 stamp Timbre Royal 3c Seine printmaker Paul Gavarni publisher Caboche & Cie Grégoire Paris 1837 paper lithography height 363 mm x width 238 mm Print Le Charivari August 26 sitting figure - AA - female human figure envelope handwriting writing activity sketch woman seated wooden table leaning forward head resting arm hand holding small object tabletop wearing long dress apron hair tied back chair coat cloth hanging left pans round object suspended hooks wall head beam slanting down right beneath table jug containers baskets folded cloth scene drawn pencil charcoal aged paper broad area handwritten script illustration