"Madame E. de B." by Paul Gavarni, Fr., (1804-1866) Engraving from an album of theatre

from an album of theatre programs published in 1897

probably from the edition in American Art Review

Henry Kallem worked on the WPA in the late 1930's and later produced prints of and  in Provincetown and New York

A Beardsleyesque design

"Madame E. de B." by Paul Gavarni, Fr., (1804-1866) Engraving from an album of theatreLithograph, from Les Femmes Artistes, as Published in L'Artiste, Nov. 2 1856, according to a pencil notation verso., imp. Bertauts, r. Cadet II, Paris, 8 x 6 1 4, signed and titled below the image in the stone , some light soiling and foxing to top and left margin, on gray chine colle with a white wove support sheet. The subject was Madame Charles Francois Edward de Beaumont, a beautiful young pianist, portrayed here casually at home leaning against