- J'vous dis que vous avez dérangé la limite et que vous l'avez fait avancer sur mon champ!... - Moi j'vous dis que non... et je soutiendrai devant tous les tribunaux que c'est d'mon père et même de mon grand père que je tiens d'être borné comme je le suis!... Ah! mais!...

Item Information

Title:
- J'vous dis que vous avez dérangé la limite et que vous l'avez fait avancer sur mon champ!... - Moi j'vous dis que non... et je soutiendrai devant tous les tribunaux que c'est d'mon père et même de mon grand père que je tiens d'être borné comme je le suis!... Ah! mais!...
Title (alt.):
Charivari. - And I am telling you that you moved this boundary stone into my field!... - And I am telling you I did not... I am ready to swear in front of any Court that I have taken on the same "limitations" my father and my grandfather had!... Really!...
Description:
Two farmers are arguing about the border between their two fields. One is accusing the other of moving the stone used to mark the border.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1845
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Boundary stones
Farmers
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Country life in art
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 36 x 25 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1763
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, September 16, 1845.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1409