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Laissez venir à moi les petits enfants: P.2341-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Laissez venir à moi les petits enfants
Caricaturana

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Daumier, Honoré Victorin
Printmaker: Philipon, Charles (With)
Printer: Aubert

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Production date: AD 1838

Note

I/II. Published in 'Le Charivari', 14 October 1838.

School or Style

French

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper ( laid down on card)
Image Height 233 mm Width 236 mm
Sheet Height 320 mm Width 247 mm
Verso

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Caricaturana 93.
  • Location: Upper right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: [Dau]mier & Philipon
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Laissez venir à moi les petits enfans!...
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Comprends tu la parable, Bertrand? - comprends pas!- bêta! nous formons une association pater- / [ne]lle, et philanthropique, nous recevons 5/o dans le présent, pour donner 500 pour 100 dans l'avenir... / Et que ficherons nous dans l'avenir. - Nous ficherons le camp, Bêta! et nous planterons là la / [ton?]tine, / Tonton, tou - tou, Touline, tou - tou!
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2341-1991
Primary reference Number: 95669
Delteil: 448 I/II
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Laissez venir à moi les petits enfants" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95669 Accessed: 2024-04-27 13:55:03

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