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Est-ce le garçon..... faut-il lui demander une assiette?...: P.2606-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Est-ce le garçon..... faut-il lui demander une assiette?...
Croquis Parisiens

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daumier, Honoré Victorin
Printer: Destouches
Publisher: Martinet-Hautecoeur

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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
1855 -

Note

No.4 from the series. Published in Le Charivari, 1 May 1855, lettering verso

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: - Est-ce le garçon..... faut-il lui demander une assiette?... / - Ma foi, je ne te le conseille pas..... je crois plutôt que c'est un notaire...... on vient de le chercher pour un dineur / qui se sera cru empoisonné et qui aura voulu faire son testament au dessert.
  • Location: Sheet lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2606-1991
Primary reference Number: 202631
Delteil: 2707 II/II

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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