Portrait of a Woman and her Dog, 1871, Henri Monnier, French, Paris 1799–Paris 1877, 8 5/16 x 5 7/16 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Watercolor and ink with white heightening, France, 19th century, Henri Bonaventure Monnier (1805–1877) was an actor and playwright as well as an artist. A contemporary of Honoré Daumier and Paul Gavarni, Monnier was a good-humored chronicler of French middle-class mores. He applied his considerable wit to satirizing the foibles and pretentions of his contemporaries and is best known for his creation of the character of Monsieur Joseph Prudhomme

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