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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M20851
People
Honoré-Victorin Daumier, French (Marseille, France 1808-1879 Valmondois, France)
Title
Well, mate, wouldn't you say this is better than o-o-opium? Just you wait, I'll ci-i-i-i-ivilize you!
Other Titles
Former Title: "Hey there!...Friend…Isn’t this better than o…o…o…opium…I will c…c…civilize you!"
Original Language Title: Eh! ben. …camarade…est-ce que ça n’vaut pas mieux que l’o…l’o…l’o…l’opium……je te ci…ci…civilisérai…,…va !
Series/Book Title: En Chine ("Le Charivari," 5 January 1859)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1859
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/187460

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph on cream wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
29 × 28.6 cm (11 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper left, black ink: 17 x 12 [?] 1858
  • inscription: upper left, graphite: 25
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: [illegible text] 3098
  • inscription: upper center: EN CHINE
  • inscription: below image, center: Eh! ben....camarade.....est-ce que ca n'vaut pas mieux que l'o.....l'o.....l'o.....opium......j'te / ci......ci......civiliserai....,va!.....
  • inscription: lower left, below image: Mon Martinet, 172, r. Rivoli et 41 r. Vivienne.
  • inscription: lower right, below image: Lith. Destouces, 28, r. Paradis [illeg] Paris
  • inscription: lower left, in stone: h.D.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
Del. 3098, H.D. 1676

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Object Number
M20851
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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