| Maker(s): | Daumier, Honoré
| | Culture: | French (1808-1879)
| | Title: | Eh! ben...puisque vous voulez qu'les bouchers soient libres, pourquoi qu'vous voulez m'empêcher d'prendre la liberté d'mettre qué que z'os dans la balance?...j'vous trouve drôle, vous encore, la p'tite mère !....[Well, if you want to liberate the butchers' commerce, why are you against my weighing a few bones with the meat?...you are really strange, same as ever!], Le Charivari plate 472 from the series Actualités [News of the Day]
| | Date Made: | 1857 December 16
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Lithograph on newsprint
| | Place Made: | Europe; France; Paris
| | Measurements: | Mat: 14 1/4 in x 19 1/4 in; 36.195 cm x 48.895 cm; Sheet: 10 3/16 in x 14 13/16 in; 25.87625 cm x 37.62375 cm; Image: 8 7/16 in x 9 3/4 in; 21.43125 cm x 24.765 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | TEXT: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed in black ink): -Eh! ben...puisque vous voulez qu'les bouchers soient libres, pourquoi qu'vous voulez m'empêcher d'prendre la liberté d'mettre qué que z'os dans la balance?...j'vous trouve drôle, vous encore, la p'tite mère !.... ; SERIES TITLE: recto, upp. ctr. (printed in black ink): ACTUALITÉS ; PLATE: recto, upp. r. (printed in black ink): 472. ; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. l. (printed in black ink): Mon Martinet, 172, r, Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne. ; PUBLISHER: recto, lwr. r. (printed in black ink): Lith. Destouches, 28, de Paradis Pre Paris ; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. l. (graphite): 2018 / M ; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. r. (graphite): 2-
| | Accession Number: | MH 1963.59.M.RII
| | Credit Line: | Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A bent, elderly woman approaches a large butcher from behind. As he weighs meat at the counter, he looks back over his shoulder at the woman. She leans toward him, touching his back with her left hand. In her right hand, she holds a shopping basket. In the background hang large pieces of meat. Caricature; Paris; daily life; shopping.
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