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Source Description
Gavarni's contemporaries noted that he possessed an extraordinary ability to guess a person's profession from his appearance. This watercolor, which relates closely to a plate in "Londres et les Anglais" (translated: "London and the English," illustrated by Gavarni), depicts two men whose different occupations were indispensible to the mid-19th-century metropolis. On the left is the Car Man, whose wagons handled all the goods and deliveries needed by London's thriving marketplaces. Facing him with a tankard is the Coal Heaver, who delivered coal (used for heating and cooking) to all households.
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Document identity
localId
10734
label
Car Man and Coal Heaver
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obj
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drawing
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3
Source metadata
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10734
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contentType
drawing
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normalized
title
Car Man and Coal Heaver
description
Gavarni's contemporaries noted that he possessed an extraordinary ability to guess a person's profession from his appearance. This watercolor, which relates closely to a plate in "Londres et les Anglais" (translated: "London and the English," illustrated by Gavarni), depicts two men whose different occupations were indispensible to the mid-19th-century metropolis. On the left is the Car Man, whose wagons handled all the goods and deliveries needed by London's thriving marketplaces. Facing him with a tankard is the Coal Heaver, who delivered coal (used for heating and cooking) to all households.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1866, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1848
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
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3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.2
height
17.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/8 x W: 6 7/8 in. (23.2 x 17.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] In graphite
lower left: Gavarni
RelatedObjects
81395
med
watercolor, graphite, and crayon with white heightening on brown, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper
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7208
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EAN
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2069
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photo
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