LEBRETON. Un des plus grands généraux des temps modernes. Il surpasse notamment de quarante centimètres Cavaignac et Lamoricière. Aussi Lebreton excite-t-il l'envie de tous les tambours majors de l'armée.

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Title:
LEBRETON. Un des plus grands généraux des temps modernes. Il surpasse notamment de quarante centimètres Cavaignac et Lamoricière. Aussi Lebreton excite-t-il l'envie de tous les tambours majors de l'armée.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. LEBRETON. He is one of the greatest generals of modern times. He notably surpasses Cavaignac and Lamoricières by forty centimeters. Thus Lebreton provokes the envy of all the drum majors in the army.
Description:
A caricature of Eugène-Casimir Lebreton (1791 - 1876), general and politician.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1849
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Caricatures
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 36.5 x 25 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/2222
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.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, June 13, 1849.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1851