A bon chat bon rat.

Item Information

Title:
A bon chat bon rat.
Title (alt.):
A tit for tat.
Description:
Two women are fighting each other. Daumier illustrates some well known proverbs in an original and literal way, sometimes even too literally.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1840
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Violence
Women
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Proverbs
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 35.5 x 24 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/4748
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, August 4, 1840.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD810