The Railway Restaurant

Edouard Manet, c. 1879

The image shows a sketch featuring a group of people engaged in various activities. At least four individuals are visible from the waist up. The central figure, a man, is wearing a top hat, and a woman standing close… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Edouard Manet ¹
Date: c. 1879 ¹
Medium: pen and brown ink on wove paper laid down ¹
Original: 4,985 × 3,535 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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