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A coachman with a riding whip stands in front of a carriage, raises his hat, and offers a ride to Charenton. Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal.

The workplace of a shoemender next to a tavern: the shoemender has gone next door for a drink in the company of the barman. Lithograph by N.L. Delaunois, 1832, after E.J. Pigal.

A rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.

A blind hurdy gurdy player and his son and two dancing dogs. Coloured lithograph by White after E.J. Pigal.

Three lecherous men gather round a pretty street seller, admiring her rather than her wares. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E. Pigal.

A poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient and announces that he is very ill. Lithograph after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.

A rural tooth-drawer in his surgery extracting a tooth from a patient. Lithograph by E. Pigal.

A group of fashionable physicians gathered around a sick patient listen to one of their number proclaiming the virtue of leeches. Coloured lithograph after E.J. Pigal.

A torpid patient claims to his physician that his debility is a result of serving in the war. Coloured lithograph E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.

A poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient and announces that he is very ill. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.

A rich physician feels the pulse of a poor, sick patient; he tells him he is fine. Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal, 1822.

A louche man approaches  a well-dressed man who has looked at hs girlfriend and asks him "What do you want, clown?". Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal. 1822.

A female barber lathering the face of a nervous man. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E.J. Pigal, 1825.

A boy with a monkey perched on his shoulder is begging for alms from an elegant gentlemen. Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal.

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Edme-Jean Pigal

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Images by Edme-Jean Pigal

Works from the collections

A female barber lathering the face of a nervous man. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E.J. Pigal, 1825.

A boy with a monkey perched on his shoulder is begging for alms from an elegant gentlemen. Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal.

The workplace of a shoemender next to a tavern: the shoemender has gone next door for a drink in the company of the barman. Lithograph by N.L. Delaunois, 1832, after E.J. Pigal.

A poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient and announces that he is very ill. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.

A group of fashionable physicians gathered around a sick patient listen to one of their number proclaiming the virtue of leeches. Coloured lithograph after E.J. Pigal.

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Edme-Jean Pigal

Images from the collections

Images by Edme-Jean Pigal

Works from the collections

A female barber lathering the face of a nervous man. Coloured lithograph by Langlumé after E.J. Pigal, 1825.

A boy with a monkey perched on his shoulder is begging for alms from an elegant gentlemen. Coloured lithograph by E.J. Pigal.

The workplace of a shoemender next to a tavern: the shoemender has gone next door for a drink in the company of the barman. Lithograph by N.L. Delaunois, 1832, after E.J. Pigal.

A poor doctor takes the pulse of a rich, corpulent patient and announces that he is very ill. Coloured stipple engraving by J.J. after E.J. Pigal, c. 1840.

A group of fashionable physicians gathered around a sick patient listen to one of their number proclaiming the virtue of leeches. Coloured lithograph after E.J. Pigal.

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