-Ils vont un train d'enfer avec leur chaudière du diable.......... quand viendra donc un bienfaiteur de l'humanité qui réinventera des recoucous!.....

Item Information

Title:
-Ils vont un train d'enfer avec leur chaudière du diable.......... quand viendra donc un bienfaiteur de l'humanité qui réinventera des recoucous!.....
Title (alt.):
-They are taking a train to hell with the devil's heater..........so I am waiting for a benefactor of mankind to reinvent the coucou!...... Charivari
Description:
A couple is watching a train go through the countryside while thinking horrible things about transport by train. Traveling third class was often a hellish experience, especially in the summer. The man makes a remark that he is waiting the coucou to be used again. The coucou was a horse-drawn coach that took passangers to the outskirts of Paris.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1855
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Trains (vehicle groupings)
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 23.5 x 26.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3142
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, December 12, 1855.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2731