Raffet A. 1849. Pen drawing. From Notes et Croquis, 1878. Prints Division, New York Public Library. (Source: Shikes, R. E., 1969, The Indignant Eye: The Artist as Social Critic in Prints and Drawings from the Fifteenth Century to Picasso, Beacon Press, Boston).

Street Scene in Livorno

Auguste Raffet, who contributed to La Caricuture French polical newspaper, quickly captured scenes with pen drawings in a diary, rather like a war correspondent of today might use a camera. (Shikes pp 181-182)