Watercolor Drawing Under Glass Signed By Paul Gavarni 1804/1866 Capitaine Fracasse

Charming 19th-century watercolor drawing depicting the famous character from Capitain Fracasse, dressed in an ample white suit and topped with a broad hat.
The work, executed with great vivacity and elegance, is signed Paul Gavarni (1804-1866), the famous French draughtsman and illustrator of Romanticism.

The composition showcasesline and delicate watercolor highlights, characteristic of Gavarni'swatercolor highlights characteristic of Gavarni's work.
The character, seen from the back in a theatrical pose, evokes the literary worldliterary world and the comedy figures so popular in the 19th century.

Presented under glass in an elegant antique gilded wood frame.

Nineteenth-century period.

Dimensions to be specified:

Good overall condition, slight traces of age.

DIM/ 47 cm x 38 cm for the whole

30.5 cm x 40 cm for the view

28 cm x 21 cm for the drawing

Gavarni, known as Paul Gavarni, pseudonym of Sulpice-Guillaume Chevallier, born in Paris on January 13, 1804¹, and died in Paris (16^e arrondissement) on November 23, 1866², was a French draughtsman, watercolorist and lithographer.

He was the father of painter Pierre Gavarni (1846-1932).