Vive la France, "French" Style in Broadway

1840

Not on view

This image of a dapper gentleman wearing a top hat and tailcoat, with ribbon on his lapel, and escorting two ladies similarly dressed in shawls and bonnets with veils may caricature Edward Dechaux, a prominent art dealer who also manufactured canvases for artists, stamping his name on the back (an example is at the New York Historical Society (for related prints see 54.90.1083 and 54.90.1357-.1358).

Artwork Details

Title: Vive la France, "French" Style in Broadway
Publisher: Alfred E. Baker (American, active 1833–42)
Published in: New York
Date: 1840
Medium: Lithograph, hand colored
Dimensions: sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 5/8 in. (36 x 27 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
Object Number: 54.90.1355
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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