Actors, 1855-1857. Creator: Paul Gavarni

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Actors, 1855-1857. Creator: Paul Gavarni

Actors, 1855-1857. The central character of this vignette wears an elaborate costume and covers his mouth in a gesture of deep contemplation. We are given access to his thoughts: "I have hurt Pamela." But if the dancing girl behind him is Pamela, she looks anything but hurt! Either Pamela is not really hurt, and the man is presumptuous in his belief that she is, or this woman is the object of Pamela's disaffection. The lack of any setting further enhances the mystery. Although it is called "Actors, " a title curators assigned it when they originally catalogued it into the collection in the 1930s, there is nothing to indicate that this is a scene from a play, and it could just as easily represent an event during carnival season or a masquerade ball

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1850s Art Movement Chevallier Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier Sulpice Guillaume Enigmatic Gavarni Paul Gavarni Pol Hand On Mouth Masquerade Paul Gavarni Plume Plumed Realist Sulpice Guillaume Chevallier Walters Art Museum

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