Vier karikaturen van een man, vrouw met kinderen en een geit, vrouw met kinderen bij een brand en een man met fez en geweer Possibly 1864 - 1866

This is a sheet of sketches by the French artist Firmin Gillot, probably created between 1864 and 1866. The work features a series of quick drawings of figures. One sketch shows a family fleeing with a goat, another depicts a woman and child leaving a burning building, and a third portrays a man with a rifle. These drawings likely relate to the French-Prussian War (1870-1871). The loose and gestural lines of the drawings highlight Gillot's talent for capturing the human figure in motion. The sketches are drawn in pencil and ink. The overall style is characteristic of the realism of the time, though the subject matter gives the work an edge of social commentary.