Plus je me rapproche du soleil, plus je grelotte... décidément, cet astre là ne mérite pas la réputation de chaleur qui lui a été faite... je comprends que mon cheval regrette la terre!

Item Information

Title:
Plus je me rapproche du soleil, plus je grelotte... décidément, cet astre là ne mérite pas la réputation de chaleur qui lui a été faite... je comprends que mon cheval regrette la terre!
Title (alt.):
Charivari. The closer I get to the sun, the more I shiver with cold... this planet certainly doesn't merit its reputation for heat... I can understand why my horse is missing the ground!
Description:
A man astride a horse is being lifted into the sky by a hot-air balloon.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1852
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Hot-air balloons
Horses
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 36 x 24.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/2640
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, October 7, 1852.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2266