-Ça ne fait rien, c'est une bien jolie invention que le macadam!...

Item Information

Title:
-Ça ne fait rien, c'est une bien jolie invention que le macadam!...
Title (alt.):
Charivari. That is quite alright, isn't asphalt a marvellous invention!...
Description:
Some women are tiptoeing around the streets of Paris, lifting their skirts so that they may walk on the asphalt without soiling themselves. They are mocking Hausmann's decision to rid of Paris' old streets in favor of new modern ones.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1856
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Pavements (surface elements)
France--History--1848-1870
Roads, Macadamized
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 24.5 x 33.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3189
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, February 6, 1856.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2775