Histoire du Costume en France: Bourgeois de Paris
1843
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1843
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Histoire du Costume en France: Bourgeois de Paris is a 1843 by Paul Gavarni, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white drawing shows two men in old-fashioned clothes. One wears a tall black hat, a long coat, and a vest, holding a cane. The other has a shorter top hat, a high-collared jacket, and a long coat too. They’re standing close, like they’re talking or adjusting something on the first man’s lapel. The title says this is about "bourgeois men from Paris," meaning regular city folks, not nobles. The artist focused on their clothes and posture to show how people dressed back then. Next, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more works like this.
