The Painter's Studio, Henry Henri Bonaventure Monnier, ca. 1855

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The Painter's Studio, ca. 1855, Pen and ink with colored washes over graphite, on heavy buff wove paper within a drawn ink border, 7 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (19 x cm), Drawings, Henry Henri Bonaventure Monnier (Paris 1805 (1799?)– Paris 1877), Monnier scrutinized the life of the French bourgeoisie through his work as a caricaturist, lithographer, actor, and writer. A notorious prankster and humorist, he created satirical portraits of the Parisian middle class for popular albums and journals

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