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A woman looking down her night gown while searching for fleas. Lithograph after Gavarni.

A bourgeois wife shows her husband the preserved foetus of her cousin. Wood engraving by F. Rouget after S.G.C. Gavarni.

Two young women walking together are being followed by a young man carrying books and a walking cane. Tinted wood engraving by H. Vizetelly after Paul Gavarni.

A boy with incredibly long hair growing from his head and hands as a result of playing with a hair restorer. Coloured lithograph by P. Gavarni.

A man with a magic lantern (slide projector) on his back is walking along a country path. Lithograph by Gavarni, 1854.

Œuvres choisis ... Revues, corrigées et nouvellement classées par l'auteur. Études de mœurs contemporaines ... Avec des notices ... par Laurent-Jan, Lireux & Léon Gozlan [Th. Gautier, A. Barthet & A. de Soubiran] / [Paul Gavarni].

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Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866

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A boy with incredibly long hair growing from his head and hands as a result of playing with a hair restorer. Coloured lithograph by P. Gavarni.

A woman looking down her night gown while searching for fleas. Lithograph after Gavarni.

A man with a magic lantern (slide projector) on his back is walking along a country path. Lithograph by Gavarni, 1854.

Œuvres choisis ... Revues, corrigées et nouvellement classées par l'auteur. Études de mœurs contemporaines ... Avec des notices ... par Laurent-Jan, Lireux & Léon Gozlan [Th. Gautier, A. Barthet & A. de Soubiran] / [Paul Gavarni].

A bourgeois wife shows her husband the preserved foetus of her cousin. Wood engraving by F. Rouget after S.G.C. Gavarni.