--Ah vous êtes fort en vers latins, plate 38 from Les bons bourgeois
Honoré Daumier, --Ah vous êtes fort en vers latins, plate 38 from Les bons bourgeois, 1847, lithograph on newsprint, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, public domain, 1998.46.287
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- Title
--Ah vous êtes fort en vers latins, plate 38 from Les bons bourgeois
- Artist
- Date
1847
- Medium
lithograph on newsprint
- State
2nd state
- Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil 1514
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 9 7/8 in x 8 1/4 in; sheet: 14 1/4 in x 9 7/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title: -Ah! vous êtes fort en vers latins, jeune homme . . . . . c'est très bien, alors je vous dirai . . . . . macte // animo, generose peur, sic itur ad astra . . . . . . ou si vous aimez mieux; courage, jeune enfant, c'est // ainsi que comme Mr. [r as superscript] votre pére vous arriverez un jour à la place de receveur des conrtibutions! . . . . . . . . ., printed, lower middle Translation: Ah! You are strong in Latin, young man. . . . . so, I must tell you "try to be generous and you will have nothing to fear." If you have courage, young man, you will be like your father and reach theday when it will be your place to receive contributions. Language: French; Latin
inscription: Chez Aubert & Cie. [ie as superscript] Pl. de la Bourse., printed, lower right Language: French
inscription: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. [ie as superscript], printed, lower left Language: French
numbered: 955, printed, lower right, in stone
signature: h.D., printed, lower left, in stone
numbered: No. [o as superscript] 38., printed, upper right
title: LES BONS BOURGEOIS., printed, upper middle Language: French
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection
- Accession Number
1998.46.287
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms