"Good wife..., since we won't have time to see everything in one day, you look at the paintings on the right side...I'll look at those on the left..."

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M20881
People: Honoré-Victorin Daumier, French (Marseille, France 1808-1879 Valmondois, France)
Title: "Good wife..., since we won't have time to see everything in one day, you look at the paintings on the right side...I'll look at those on the left..."
Other Titles: Original Language Title: "Ma femme..., comme nous n'aurions pas le temps de tout voir en un jour..."
Series/Book Title: Exposition de 1859, pl. 3 ("Le Charivari," 18 April 1859)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1859
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/263117

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Lithograph
Dimensions: image: 21.9 x 16.5 cm (8 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
sheet: 27.7 x 29.6 cm (10 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii/ii
Standard Reference Number: Del, 3137, H.D. 1733

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Object Number: M20881
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

World’s Fairs, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 05/10/2015

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