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(French, 1804–1866)
Madame! […] un billet de bal, pour un baiser de vous... (Madame! […] a dance ticket in exchange for a kiss...), 1842
Lithograph
Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1951.79.110
A man accosts a lorette in the street, offering her a ticket to a masked ball in exchange for a kiss. The commercial nature of this exchange links the lorette to the prostitute.
Madame ! ... madame ! ... un billet de bal, pour un baiser de vous ... madame ! ... moins cher qu'au bureau !
Madame! … Madame! … a dance ticket in exchange for a kiss… Madame! … cheaper than at the ticket office!
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The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th-Century France
Madame! ... un billet de bal
Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866) Madame! […] un billet de bal, pour un baiser de vous... (Madame! […] a dance ticket in exchange for a kiss...), 1842 Lithograph Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1951.79.110
A man accosts a lorette in the street, offering her a ticket to a masked ball in exchange for a kiss. The commercial nature of this exchange links the lorette to the prostitute.
Madame ! ... madame ! ... un billet de bal, pour un baiser de vous ... madame ! ... moins cher qu'au bureau !
Madame! … Madame! … a dance ticket in exchange for a kiss… Madame! … cheaper than at the ticket office!