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Comment diable! M Dumont un homme comme vous, plate 15 for Caricaturana (Robert- Macaire, Commis-voyageur)


Honoré Daumier, Comment diable! M Dumont un homme comme vous, plate 15 for Caricaturana (Robert- Macaire, Commis-voyageur), 1836, hand colored lithograph on wove paper, Museum Purchase: Ella M. Hirsch Fund, public domain, 38.18

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Title

Comment diable! M Dumont un homme comme vous, plate 15 for Caricaturana (Robert- Macaire, Commis-voyageur)

Artist

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)

Date

1836

Medium

hand colored lithograph on wove paper

State

unrecorded state

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil 368

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 9 7/8 in x 8 5/16 in; sheet: 13 7/8 in x 10 7/8 in

Inscriptions & Markings

numbered: 38.18, graphite [in another hand], bottom right

title; inscription: Robert-Macaire Commis-voyageur. // .............Comment, diable! Mr. Dumont, un homme comme vous doit avoir les connaissances utiles !!...il faut // que je vous abonne......._ Non, non c’est inutile, je n’en veux pas. – Vous avez bien raison !… mais je vous vendrai // une bonne piéce de Bordeaux._Non, non, c'est un vin trop froid, je ne l'aime pas..._Vous avez ma foi bien raison! // n'e parlons plus, je vous inscris seulement pour les connaissances utiles et pour une pièce de Bordeaux…. – Non, // Mr. Macaire, non ! – C’est bon, mon dieu ! C’est bon ! Vous me payerez ça quand vous voudrez, j’enverrai demain la quittance !", printed, lower middle Translation: Mr. Gobard, may I have the honor of presenting you Madame De St. Bertrand, widow of the Great Army, who possesses a very considerable fortune and Mademoiselle Eloa de Wormspire, daughter of the celebrated Baron de Wormspire, to whom the great man has bequeathed an income of 50 thousand pounds in his testament... As these ladies are burning with desire to make your acquaintance, I invited them to dine at your home this evening. You'll take us to the opera and we'll have a nice evening... Mr. Gobard, I must warn you that these ladies harbor certain intentions towards you... Language: French

inscription: Imp: d'Aubert et de Junca., printed, lower right Language: French

inscription; signature: Ch: Ph: in.t [t as superscript] H.D. lith., printed, lower left Language: French

inscription: Caricatuiana 96. 15., 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

38.18

Copyright

public domain

Terms

hand coloring

lithography

paper

planographic printing

planographic prints

wove paper

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