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Even if the attribution to Gavarni is wrong, this is almost 180 years old; quite simply, no-one could have lived long enough for it to be an issue.

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1. ↑ Compare the mirror-flipped signature at https://archive.org/stream/gavarnig00gava#page/48/mode/2up and consider also File:Paul_Gavarni_-_The_Barmaid_-_Walters_371442.jpg and File:Paul_Gavarni_-_Gulliver_and_the_Brobdingnagian_Philosophers_-_Walters_371482.jpg and File:Paul Gavarni - Lady on Sofa - Walters 371427.jpg. Add in that this was then lithographically reproduced, and that Gavarni did a lot of work in title pages, and worked for the Thierry brothers.