The Smoker (A Man of the First Empire) by Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

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Watercolor of a man in a bicorne hat and greatcoat leaning against a wall, smoking a pipe.

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A man in a bicorne hat and brown greatcoat leans against a stone wall, holding a pipe to his mouth while gazing off to the side. The work is a watercolor signed Meissonier and dated 1873, titled The Smoker (A Man of the First Empire).

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