M20874: -Look there...what is that? -One has to believe that it is an effigy put there to scare the monks...covering the expenses of these Parisians..., as if they won't be able to put old breeches at the end of a baton, like I do at home.

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M20874

People

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, French (Marseille, France 1808-1879 Valmondois, France)

Title

-Look there...what is that? -One has to believe that it is an effigy put there to scare the monks...covering the expenses of these Parisians..., as if they won't be able to put old breeches at the end of a baton, like I do at home.

Other Titles

Original Language Title: -Tiens..., qu'est-ce que c'est donc qu'ça? / -Faut croire qu'c'est un bonhomme qu'on a mis là pour faire peur aux moiniaux...en font y des frais ces parisiens..., comme s'ils n'auraient pas pu mettre une vieille culotte au bout d'un bâton, comme j'faisons
Series/Book Title: Naïvetés ("Le Charivari," 15 April 1859)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1859

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/192622

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

design: 22.6 x 26.6 cm (8 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

ii/ii

Standard Reference Number

Del. 3155, H.D. 2134

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer

Object Number

M20874

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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