Artists' ToolsFrench19th century
Lithographic stone: "Ma blanchisseuse!"
1846
Artists
Paul GavarniArtist
Dimensions
29.8 x 24 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Charles Rosen, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1983
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