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J. J. Grandville

Illustration in Jérôme Paturot, by Louis Reybaud, Paris, 1846

ca. 1846
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and brown wash over graphite.
8.9 × 10.2 cm (3.5 × 4 in)

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