Les premières amours
Paul Gavarni
(French, 1804–1866)
Les premières amours d'un homme "fait" (The first loves of a middle-aged man), 1852
Lithograph
Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1951.79.180
This former “Arthur,” or lover and benefactor of the lorette, has settled into middle age with a dignity denied to the
destitute lorette vieillie.