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"Ma tante"
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

"Ma tante"

Gavarni, Paul, 1804-1866 · November 29, 1853

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

In front of a table, an employee of the Mont-de-Piéte holds up a pair of trousers so that he might examine them. He wears a black smock, and has a quill stock behind his ear. Behind him one can see the heads of a crowd of borrowers through the window opening..

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