Bourgeois, vous me devez cinq sous de plus pour votre bagage...., et, encore je suis poli, car je pourrais compter votre épouse comme un second paquet......

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Title:
Bourgeois, vous me devez cinq sous de plus pour votre bagage...., et, encore je suis poli, car je pourrais compter votre épouse comme un second paquet......
Title (alt.):
Hey, you owe me five sous more for your luggage...., and, I am even being nice, because if I wanted to I could count your wife as a second piece of luggage....... Charivari
Description:
A coachman demands more money for transporting a passenger's baggage. In 1857, the first meters were installed in the Paris taxis. Apparently, they did not run very reliably. According to research done by Provost, in 1861 the "Compagnie des Petites Voitures" offered a 20'000 francs reward if somebody would come up with a meter which could measure time and distance in combination.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1857
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Coaches (carriages)
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 25 x 34.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3410
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:
1st state.
Published in: Le Charivari, November 18, 1857.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2989