- Allons, m'sieu Pomard . . . un peu de courage . . . . nous n'avons plus que deux lieues à faire et nous nous reposerons. . . - Quelle chance que nous n'ayons rien tué . . . . je n'aurais jamais eu la force de rapporter un perdreau! . . . . .

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Title:
- Allons, m'sieu Pomard . . . un peu de courage . . . . nous n'avons plus que deux lieues à faire et nous nous reposerons. . . - Quelle chance que nous n'ayons rien tué . . . . je n'aurais jamais eu la force de rapporter un perdreau! . . . . .
Title (alt.):
- Come, Mr. Pomard . . . a little courage . . . . only tow more leagues and we can rest. . . - What a piece of luck, we didn't kill anything . . . . I wouldn't even have the strength to carry a partridge! . . . . .. Charivari
Description:
Some hunters are going back home a bit discouraged after not killing anything. One tells the other to cheer up as it is probably a good thing that they didn't catch anything as they wouldn't have had the energy to carry it home. In 1830 hunting legally ceased to be the prerogative of the aristocratic classes. Parisian bourgeoisie immediately took to the new fancy and engaged in hunting around the forests and countryside of Paris. A new “fashion” was born and members of the Parisian middle class developed a hitherto unknown snobbism and passion for this sport. Deyeux even wrote a poem called “La Chassomanie”. By 1860, some 155’000 hunting licenses had been issued, while one estimated that some 450’000 poachers were actively involved in hunting and fishing. While in the beginning of 1836 some 6’000 hunters were caught hunting without a license, this number increased substantially to 21’000 hunters fined for poaching in 1860.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1858
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Hunters
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 25 x 36 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3307
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:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, October 29, 1858.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2895