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Mon brave garçon, vous êtes fort heureux d'être tombé sur mon bureau de placement....: P.2558-1991

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mon brave garçon, vous êtes fort heureux d'être tombé sur mon bureau de placement....
Les Philantropes du jour

Maker(s)

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

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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.14 from the series. Published in Le Charivari, 4 November 1844, lettering verso.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Mon brave garçon, vous êtes fort heureux d'être tombé sur mon bureau de placement.... vous pouvez / bénir votre étoile et mon annonce... il y a des gens qui pour vous promettre un emploi vous prendraient les / yeux de la tête... moi je ne vous demande que soixante francs sur lesquels je remets un tiers aux pauvres, / un autre tiers aux indigens, et le dernier tiers aux nécessiteux!
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2558-1991
Primary reference Number: 202583
Delteil: 1306 II/II

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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