- O douleur!... avoir rêvé pendant toute ma vie de jeune fille, un époux, qui, ainsi que moi, adorât la sainte poésie, et tomber sur un mari qui n'aime que les goujons... cet homme-là était né pour être brochet!...

Item Information

Title:
- O douleur!... avoir rêvé pendant toute ma vie de jeune fille, un époux, qui, ainsi que moi, adorât la sainte poésie, et tomber sur un mari qui n'aime que les goujons... cet homme-là était né pour être brochet!...
Title (alt.):
Oh Agony!.... To have spent my maidenhood dreaming of a husband who, like me, adored hallowed poetry, and to wind up with a husband who only likes to bait dudgeons... the man was born to be a pike!.... Charivari
Description:
A woman is dreaming about the perfect husband while her husband fishes.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1844
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Spouses
Fishing
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Women
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 32 x 23.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1588
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, March 27, 1844.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1240