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Today is Sainte Madeleine's Day...It has long been my birthday! (C'est aujourd'hui Sainte Madeleine...ça été longtemps le jour de ma fête!), plate XVII from Les Lorettes Vieillies, published in Paris (Journal), March 22, 1853

Printer Lemercier & Cie. French
Publisher Librairie Nouvelle French
March 22, 1853
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  • Title: Today is Sainte Madeleine's Day...It has long been my birthday! (C'est aujourd'hui Sainte Madeleine...ça été longtemps le jour de ma fête!), plate XVII from Les Lorettes Vieillies, published in Paris (Journal), March 22, 1853
  • Series/Portfolio: Masques et Visages
  • Artist: Paul Gavarni [Chevalier] (French, Paris 1804–1866 Paris)
  • Printer: Lemercier & Cie. (French, Paris)
  • Publisher: Librairie Nouvelle
  • Date: March 22, 1853
  • Medium: Crayon and ink lithograph; second and final state
  • Dimensions: sheet: 14 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (36.5 x 26.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Michael G. Wilson, 1980
  • Object Number: 1980.1137.8
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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