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Monsieur, pardon si je vous gêne un peu....: P.2545-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Monsieur, pardon si je vous gêne un peu....
Les Bas-bleus (The Bluestockings)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daumier, Honoré Victorin
Printer: Aubert et Cie
Publisher: Aubert et Cie

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Categories

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
1844 -

Note

No.13 from the series. Published in Le Charivari, 8 March 1844, lettering verso.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: - Monsieur, pardon si je vous gêne un peu.... mais vous comprenez qu'écrivant en ce moment un roman / nouveau, je dois consulter une foule d'auteurs anciens!.... / - (Le Monsieur à part.) Des auteurs anciens!... parbleu elle aurait bien dû les consulter de leur vivant, car / elle a dû être leur contemporaine!...
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2545-1991
Primary reference Number: 202570
Delteil: 1233 III/III

Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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