ON FLAIRE LA MARCHANDISE... AVANT DE LA MECANISER!

Item Information

Title:
ON FLAIRE LA MARCHANDISE... AVANT DE LA MECANISER!
Title (alt.):
YOU HAVE TO SMELL THE MERCHANDISE... BEFORE BUYING IT!. Charivari
Description:
A butcher allows customers to smell the meat before buying it. On February 24, 1858 a new law ended a monopoly from which some 500 meat stalls and butcheries in Paris had benefited for many years, giving way to free enterprise. Even the scales, manipulated by the butchers in a rather creative way, were suddenly standardized under a governmental system of control. This change, effecting everyday life, motivated Daumier to produce 11 lithographs (DR 3010-3021) as well as a number of drawings and paintings, covering the subject.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1839
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Butchers
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 21.5 x 39.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/4500
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:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, July 27, 1842.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD588