Paul Gavarni, Les Invalides du Sentiment, Original Lithograph, 1850s for sale at Pamono-ZCI-1338778

Les Invalides du Sentiment is a lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized by the French draftsman Paul Gavarni (alias Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier Gavarni, 1804-1866) in the mid-19th Century. From series of "Masques et Visages". Titled on the lower. Good conditions with some foxing. Paul Gavarni (Paris, 1804 1866). Gavarni's father, Sulpice Chevalier, was from a family line of coopers from Burgundy. Paul began work as mechanical work in a machine factory but he saw that to make any progress in his profession, he had to be able to draw; accordingly, in his spare time in the evenings, he took classes in drawing. He devoted his special attention to architectural and mechanical drawing and worked at land surveying and mapping which led to his obtaining a position with the Government Ordinance Department as a draughtsman.It wasn't until his early thirties that he turned his attention to his proper vocation as an artist.