Bossus

Bossus

Item Information

Title:
Bossus
Title (alt.):
Travestissements grotesques. Bossus
Description:
Character turned 3/4 to the left, head 3/4 to the right, wearing a disguise depicting two Chinese hunchbacks, one mounted on the back of the other. His arms form the legs of the hunchback at the top and end with slippers. The head and arms of the lower hunchback are false.
Artist:
Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866
Name on Item:
Gavarni
Date:
February 20, 1833
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Periodical illustrations
Caricatures
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works
Extent:
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 32 x 24 cm
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Language:
French
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title(s) from item or material accompanying item.
Armelhault/Bocher: A.B. 2643
Additional information accompanying item: Letterpress on reverse (Le Charivari). Print has been folded into quarters. (Le Charivari, February 20, 1833)
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Louis Black; 1968
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Armelhault, J. and Bocher, E. “Gavarni : catalogue raisonné of the graphic work." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2004, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Second state of two. Published state.
Identifier:
17_08_001495
Barcode:
36666003233067