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Avarice

Avarice
(L'Avarice)
(1824)
no. 45 from the Recueil des profils et grimaces (Collection of profiles and grimaces) series 1823–28

Medium
hand-coloured lithograph
Measurements
21.8 × 20.2 cm irreg. (image) 38.5 × 27.9 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
IFF 7
Printing/Publishing
printed and published by Delpech, Paris
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: L. Boilly
printed in ink l.c.: L’Avarice
Accession Number
1808E-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Anonymous gift, 1968
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Emotions and Mental States Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
avarice caricatures coins (money) gesture men (male humans) misers moneybags women (female humans)