It Was Our House

MEDIUMblack crayon, gouache and watercolor; framing lines in black crayon

DIMENSIONS[object Object]

COLLECTIONDrawings

CULTUREFrance, late 19th-early 20th Century

CREDIT LINEThe Fanny Tewksbury King Collection

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Jean-Louis Forain, a master caricaturist of the Belle Époque, captured Parisian life with a biting wit, from ballet dancers to courtroom dramas.