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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M20854
People
Honoré-Victorin Daumier, French (Marseille, France 1808-1879 Valmondois, France)
Title
Review of the Opium Smokers (A History of Trade Promotion)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: En Chine (Le Charivari, 7 January 1859
Original Language Title: Passant la revue des fumeurs d'opium. (Histoire de faire aller le commerce.)
Former Title: Passing in Review by the Opium Smokers
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1859
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/190637

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph on cream wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 29.5 × 29.2 cm (11 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.)
image: 21.6 × 27.5 cm (8 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper left, black ink: 7 Janur 1859
  • inscription: upper center, above image: EN CHINE
  • inscription: upper right, above image: 5
  • inscription: lower left, in image: hD
  • inscription: lower left, below image: maison Martinet, 172, r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne
  • inscription: lower right, in image: 3.
  • inscription: lower right, below image: Lith. Desouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre. PAris.
  • inscription: lower center, below image: Passant la revue des fumeurs d'opium. / (Historie de faire aller le commerce.)
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: L. D. 3101

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
Del. 3101, H. D. 1679

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Object Number
M20854
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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