Le bourgois au salon. Voyons donc un peu.... qu'est ce que c'est que ça?.... (lisant dans son livret) "n° 387. portrait de Mr. B*** agent de change".... tiens ... tiens!... ah! que j'suis bête.... c'est 386 qu'est le portrait de Mr. B***, celui ci c'est le portrait d'un taureau par Mr. Brascassat..... j'disais aussi.... ct'idée de s'faire peindre avec des cornes si grandes que ça.... après ça ces agens de change ça ne se refuse rien.

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Title:
Le bourgois au salon. Voyons donc un peu.... qu'est ce que c'est que ça?.... (lisant dans son livret) "n° 387. portrait de Mr. B*** agent de change".... tiens ... tiens!... ah! que j'suis bête.... c'est 386 qu'est le portrait de Mr. B***, celui ci c'est le portrait d'un taureau par Mr. Brascassat..... j'disais aussi.... ct'idée de s'faire peindre avec des cornes si grandes que ça.... après ça ces agens de change ça ne se refuse rien.
Title (alt.):
The bourgeois at the salon. Let's see here.... what is that?.... (reading in his book) "n° 387. the portrait of Mr. B*** the Stockbroker".... well ... well!... ah! how stupid of me.... the portrait of Mr.B*** is 386, this one is a portrait of a bull by Mr. Brascassat..... I was about to say that.... this idea of being painted with such big horns.... after all these stockbrokers will do anything.. Caricature
Description:
A bourgeois and his son are visiting an exhibition at the salon. The salon, the yearly art exhibitions in Paris, were actually art fairs which attracted approximately 1 million visitors from Paris and the provinces. Hundreds of painters and sculptors exhibited. The salons were the ideal marketplace for the classical painters as well as the new, modern, avant-garde artists.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1842
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Exhibitions
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 35 x 24.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/4936
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: La Caricature, April 17, 1842.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD986