Les savans dans l'exercice de leurs fonctions, - ils ont beau regarder et souffler ils n'y voyent que du feu.

Item Information

Title:
Les savans dans l'exercice de leurs fonctions, - ils ont beau regarder et souffler ils n'y voyent que du feu.
Title (alt.):
The experts at work, - they may search and blow as much as they want and all they will see is the fire.. Charivari
Description:
A very large part of the European wine harvest was spoiled this year because of a disease caused by a parasite. None of the known remedies worked and the French wine producers were facing commercial ruin.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1853
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Men
Conversation pieces
France--History--1848-1870
Grapes
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 25 x 36.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/2761
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: Le Charivari, October 8, 1853.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2376