The Society Man (Monsieur Joseph Prudhomme) — Henry-Bonaventure Monnier | DiscoverArt

Henry-Bonaventure Monnier

The Society Man (Monsieur Joseph Prudhomme)

1874

Pen and brown and black ink with watercolor and touches of white on gray-green paper

22.6 × 17 cm (8.9 × 6.7 in)

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