Details

Subject(s)

• Women—France—19th century—Portraits [Browse]
• Portraits, French—19th century [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Portraits [Browse]

Notes

• Medium: Lithographs
• Inscribed in pencil on mount: "A mon fils Alfred; a tout jamais sa meilleure amie Gabrielle Bessay de Boissy".
• Depiction: 3/4-length portrait of woman holding kerchief, hand on face, gazing out at viewer.
• Signed on stone, lower left: "Deveria".

Source acquisition

Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.

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