#not sure whether to call him 'auteur' in english when he's just a writer long before politique des auteurs

[clove-pinks]

An 1838 "Behind the Scenes" cartoon by Gavarni published in Le Charivari (Rijksmuseum).

"Oh you will give me a beautiful little role, my author love!"

The actress and the playwright both wear strapped trousers; her frock coat looks much better than his loose paletot (this might be the style called twine anglais).

I'm going to have to look it up but I swear there's at least one academic journal article about Gavarni drawing women in male drag—it is his thing. (And this is why Gavarni is the best).