Along with Grandville and Daumier, Gavarni was one of the most prolific illustrators of his day. He did fashion illustrations in watercolor for the newspaper La Mode. In 1831, Balzac wrote flattering articles about him and gave him a reference for the newspaper La Caricature. Gavarni often worked in series, including a Physiognomy of the Population of Paris, as well as a series of lithographies devoted to the people of London, which he had visited. Late in life, he retired to Auteuil, where he passed away in 1866.