The Suburbs: Stock Raiser and Captain (probably 1859–1860): Art, History and Details

The Suburbs: Stock Raiser and Captain (probably 1859–1860) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

The subject here-a man who raises livestock and happens to be a captain as well-is one in a long line of Parisian characters that Gavarni chronicled in his career. This sheet once belonged to the collection of the artist's watercolors made for the important Parisian publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel. Composed of about 200 sheets executed mostly in 1859-60, Hetzel's collection was a rare ensemble of the artist's best work in the medium.

Object facts

• Title: The Suburbs: Stock Raiser and Captain
• Date: probably 1859–1860
• Creator attribution: Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: watercolor (mixed with white gouache in places) over graphite, heightened with white gouache
• Dimensions: Sheet: 29.4 x 21 cm (11 9/16 x 8 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 38 x 29.4 cm (14 15/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
• Collection: DR - French
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 2008.411

Collection credit

Bequest of Muriel Butkin

Further reading listed by the museum

• Hotel Drouot, Paris. Cent trente-quatre aquarelles importantes de Gavarni. May 24, 1884. Lot. 45
• Lemoisne, Paul-André. Gavarni, peintre et lithographe. Paris: H. Floury, 1924.
• Hotel Drouot, Paris. Tableaux Modernes, Aquarelles, Dessins, Pastels, Gravures. December 3, 1925. Lot 23.

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