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Tu te plains toujours, tu n'es jamais content.: P.2493-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tu te plains toujours, tu n'es jamais content.
Mœurs conjugales (Matrimonial Customs)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daumier, Honoré Victorin
Printer: Aubert et Cie
Publisher: Bauger et Cie

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Legal notes

Bequeathed by Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1839

Note

No.8 from the series. Published in Le Charivari 22 October 1839. Text verso (mounted on card). .

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2493-1991
Primary reference Number: 202518
Delteil: 631 III/III

Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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