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Le Débardeur, Rhode Island School of Design

A sketch inspired by the series Les Débardeurs by Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). See also 'Vive les Débardeurs!!' [M.0133]. The term means a docker or longshoreman but it was the image of a woman in trousers that struck Whistler's imagination. She wears what may be a carnival mask.