L'Auteur des Paroles

Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · March 3, 1844

The author turned 3/4 to the right, his legs stretched out before him, leaning on his desk, with his elbow. One finger is in his mouth, he looks into the air trying to think of a rhyme. The floor is covered with papers on which one reads, "de sa brulante, de sa magique flamme, sa dévorante flamme, de sa (the last word scratched), son ardente flam(me)," etc.