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(French, 1804–1866)
Une femme charmante vous a remarqué... (A charming woman has noticed you...), 1838
Lithograph
Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1951.79.136
Here a woman pays the toll collector for passage across the Pont des Arts, a bridge leading to the new commercial and entertainment district around the church of Notre Dame de Lorette. It is likely, given the location and reciprocal na-ture of this encounter—she notices him—that the “charming woman” is a lorette.
Une femme charmante vous a remarqué ; vous la suivez longtemps ; elle arrive au Pont des Arts, vous allez lui parler ... pas de bourse, pas un sou !! adieu le rêve.
A charming woman has noticed you; you follow her for a long time; she comes to the Pont des Arts, you are going to talk to her but… no money, not a cent!! there goes the dream.
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The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th-Century France
Une femme charmante
Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866) Une femme charmante vous a remarqué... (A charming woman has noticed you...), 1838 Lithograph Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1951.79.136
Here a woman pays the toll collector for passage across the Pont des Arts, a bridge leading to the new commercial and entertainment district around the church of Notre Dame de Lorette. It is likely, given the location and reciprocal na-ture of this encounter—she notices him—that the “charming woman” is a lorette.
Une femme charmante vous a remarqué ; vous la suivez longtemps ; elle arrive au Pont des Arts, vous allez lui parler ... pas de bourse, pas un sou !! adieu le rêve.
A charming woman has noticed you; you follow her for a long time; she comes to the Pont des Arts, you are going to talk to her but… no money, not a cent!! there goes the dream.