ANDROMAQUE. "J'ai vu trancher les jours de ma famille entière" "Et mon époux sanglant traîné sur la poussière!"

Item Information

Title:
ANDROMAQUE. "J'ai vu trancher les jours de ma famille entière" "Et mon époux sanglant traîné sur la poussière!"
Title (alt.):
Charivari. ANDROMACHE. "Our family's destiny was pitiless death" "And my husband was tortured to the end of his breath!"
Description:
The print refers to "Andromaque", a play by Jean Racine (1639-1699). Andromache is shown here as a rather well-fed lady turning towards Pyrrhus.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1851
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Mythology
France--History--1848-1870
Andromache (Legendary character)
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 25 x 36 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/2546
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: Charivari, June 4, 1851.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2180