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Quand on a son portrait au salon: P.2537-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Quand on a son portrait au salon
Les Beaux jours de la vie

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daumier, Honoré Victorin
Printer: Aubert et Cie
Publisher: Aubert 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
1845 -

Note

No.59 from the series. Published in Le Charivari 26 April 1845. Text verso (mounted on card)

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: QUAND ON A SON PORTRAIT AU SALON. / - C'est tout d'même flatteur, Eudoxie, d'être exposé comme ça en public et je ne regrette pas les deux cents francs que ça nous a coûté..... / voilà un monsieur qui nous regarde, il a l'air de nous trouver bien!...../ (Le Rapin) Est-il Dieu permis de se faire peindre, quand on a des balles pareilles!
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2537-1991
Primary reference Number: 202562
Delteil: 1147 III/III

Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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