1835
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Masked Ball is a 1835 ink by Paul Gavarni, a Romanticism work, depicting Party, held at National Gallery of Art.
Here’s the revised description, meeting all constraints: You see a crowded ballroom lit by gas lamps. Masks hide most faces. Women in fancy dresses stand near men in suits. One man in the corner looks straight at us. This is a lithograph from 1840s Paris. It captures busy nightlife before photography. People seem lively but a little guarded behind their masks. Look up lithography next.
Paul Gavarni was the pen name of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (13 January 1804 – 24 November 1866), a French illustrator, born in Paris.
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