Ça ne roule pas, mon cheval me mange..., plate 24 for Caricaturana (Cabriolets en actions)
Honoré Daumier, Ça ne roule pas, mon cheval me mange..., plate 24 for Caricaturana (Cabriolets en actions), 1837, hand colored lithograph on wove paper, Museum Purchase: Ella M. Hirsch Fund, public domain, 38.19
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- Title
Ça ne roule pas, mon cheval me mange..., plate 24 for Caricaturana (Cabriolets en actions)
- Related Titles
series: Cabriolets en actions
- Artist
- Date
1837
- Medium
hand colored lithograph on wove paper
- State
2nd state
- Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil 378
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 9 1/8 in x 8 1/2 in; sheet: 13 3/4 in x 10 1/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
numbered: 38.19, graphite [in another hand], bottom right
title; inscription: Cabriolets en actions. // Ça n'roule pas, mon cheval me mange, les frais me dCabriolets en actionsorent, je crève de faim. _Que t'es // bête, mon pauvre Bertrand! Change ton poulet d'inde contre un pur-sang ton sabot de 1200 // balles contre un tilbury, ta livrée de misère contre une pellure de jockei, mets ton zéphir en actions.....Capital trrrrrrrois cent_mille francs! Des promesses, des blagues à tord et à travers, // augmente tes dépenses, diminue tes bénéfices, tu te rattraperas sur la quantité….. – Sur la // quantité de quoi ? – La quantité d’actions, jobard !!", printed, lower middle Translation: Cabriolets and a share in horse business. It just won't run, my horse eats me alive, my costs devour me, I'm dying of hunger. Poor old Bertrand, you really are stupid. Change your old nag for a thorough-bred, your cheap old crock for a Tilbury, your miserable livery for a jockey's silks, cast your share of fortune into stocks... Capital of three hundred thousand francs! Promises, jokes without rhyme or reason, increase your outlay, reduce the profits, you'll make up on the quantity... On the quantity of what? The quantity of shares, you mug!! Language: French
inscription: Imp: d'Aubert et de Junca., printed, lower right Language: French
inscription: Cher. aubert gal: varo-dodat., printed, lower middle Language: French
signature/maker's mark: Ch: Ph: inv.t [t as superscript] H.D. lith, printed, lower left Language: French
inscription: Caricaturana, 24., printed, upper right
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
planographic print
- Culture
French
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Ella M. Hirsch Fund
- Accession Number
38.19
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
