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Excellent Placement: P.2523-1991

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Excellent Placement
An excellent investment
Robert Macaire

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
1841 -

Note

No.14 from the series. Published in Le Charivari 23 May 1841. Text verso

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Excellent Placement. - Comment Ernest tu as cent mille francs et tu ne me les donne pas ! tu as donc perdu la tête, mon pauvre ami.../ - Mais, mon cher, ils sont placés, et très bien placés... à 6 pour cent. - 6% !!! 6% !!! décidément tu es malade, mon bon, / mais si je ne te donnais pas 50% , 100% , j’aimerais mieux te rien donner du tout, moi!
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2523-1991
Primary reference Number: 202548
Delteil: 879 II/II
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Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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