Chien de pays! je ne tue que des moineaux, encore c'est des femelles; et le farceur de garde qui disait que c'était criblé de lièvres!

Item Information

Title:
Chien de pays! je ne tue que des moineaux, encore c'est des femelles; et le farceur de garde qui disait que c'était criblé de lièvres!
Title (alt.):
Caricature. Damn country! I'm only shooting sparrows, and just the females; and this joke of a gamekeeper insisted the place is crawling with jack-rabbits!
Description:
A hunter is complaining that the only game he manages to shoot are sparrows. Meanwhile, a rabbit runs between his legs, unnoticed. Daumier often portrayed his hunter's as incompetents.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1843
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Hunters
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Hunting in art
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 33 x 25.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1406
Terms of Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries. The following credit line must be included with each item used: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
3rd state.
Published in: La Caricature, October 22, 1843.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1076