Le bal chicard
Le bal chicard is an 1840 lithograph album published in Paris at the Bureau du Charivari by Paul Gavarni, a French caricaturist, recording costumed masquerade figures for a Parisian audience. The pictures are loose, sketchy pen-and-crayon lithographs of single performers in theatrical poses, with plain cream paper and captions beneath each figure; a designer could draw on their gestural energy, exaggerated stances and period costume details of bohemian dress.
