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--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

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)

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

lithography

newsprint

planographic printing

planographic prints

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