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Maker(s):Daumier, Honoré
Culture:French (1808-1879)
Title:Plus souvent que je te conduirai encore au bal de l'Opéra!... je te perds au milieu de la foule et après deux heures des plus mortelles inquiétudes je te vois revenir avec un postillon de Lonjumeau... [Each time I take you to the opera ball I lose you amidst all the people and after two hours of dreadful fears I see you coming back with a postilion of Lonjumeau.], plate 4 from the series Paris l'hiver [Paris in Winter]
Date Made:1845 January 16
Type:Print
Materials:Lithograph on newsprint
Place Made:Europe; France; Paris
Measurements:Mat: 19 1/4 in x 14 1/4 in; 48.895 cm x 36.195 cm; Sheet: 14 5/16 in x 9 11/16 in; 36.35375 cm x 24.60625 cm; Image: 10 5/8 in x 7 3/8 in; 26.9875 cm x 18.7325 cm
Narrative Inscription:  TITLE: recto, lwr. ctr. (printed in black ink): Plus souvent que je te conduirai encore au bal de l’Opera!...je te perds au milieu de la foule et après deux heures des plus mortelles inquiétudes je te vois revenir avec un postillon de Lonjumeau... Adelaide je ne me coucherai pas avant que tu ne me dises d’où te ramenait ce postillon !.... ; PUBLISHER: recto, lwr. r. (printed in black ink): Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.; INSCRIPTION: recto lwr. l. (printed in black ink): Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse, 29.
Accession Number:  MH 1965.76.M.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Abraham Kamberg
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
An interior scene showing a man in a suit and top hat with a long, pointy mask over his nose. He reclines in a chair with legs outstreched as he stares at a woman at left who wears a dark cloak up over her head and looks back over her shoulder at him. A painting hangs on the wall behind them. Published in Le Charivari.

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caricatures

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