La carte à payer - et pas assez d'argent. - I must pay the bill - and I don't have enough money.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. I must pay the bill - and I don't have enough money.
Description:
A man does not have enough money to pay his bill at a restaurant. GALERIE PHYSIONOMIQUE (A portrait gallery) is a series of 25 lithographs which appeared in the Charivari between November 17, 1836 and December 29, 1837. ABOUT THIS SERIES. The prints from the series GALERIE PHYSIONOMIQUE numbered DR 326 to 350 carry French as well as English subtitles. The series consisted of 25 prints by Daumier and six by Traviès. It mainly covered topics such as the theatre, tobacco, wine, and gastronomy. ALBUM. All prints of this series were also published in the Album Galerie Physionomique in 1836-1837. Some of the prints also appeared in the Musée Pour Rire.
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:
Published in: Le Charivari, February 18, 1837.
1st state.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
