A Sign-Painter on a Ladder, Drinking Wine

1810–45

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Lithograph, heightened with white, on wove paper
Dimensions: sheet: 8 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (22.5 x 16.8 cm)
Collection no.: 1992.1033.8
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A Sign-Painter on a Ladder, Drinking Wine — Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet. 1810–45.

Medium: Lithograph, heightened with white, on wove paper. Dimensions: sheet: 8 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (22.5 x 16.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Janet S. Byrne, 1992.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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