At the Chalons Camp: "Papa, why do they make those soldiers go out in the rain?" "Little one, to teach them to go into fire."

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M13812
People: Honoré-Victorin Daumier, French (Marseille, France 1808-1879 Valmondois, France)
Title: At the Chalons Camp: "Papa, why do they make those soldiers go out in the rain?" "Little one, to teach them to go into fire."
Other Titles: Series/Book Title: Actualités (Le Charvari, 19 August 1869)
Original Language Title: Au camp de Chalons
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1869
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/270275

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Lithograph

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii
Standard Reference Number: Del. 3729, H. D. 3794

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Program for Harvard College
Accession Year: 1960
Object Number: M13812
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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M13812: At the Chalons Camp: "Papa, why do they make those soldiers go out in the rain?" "Little one, to teach them to go into fire."

Identification and Creation

Physical Descriptions

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Acquisition and Rights

Verification Level