Saperlotte!... j'ai manqué la taupe et j'ai attrapé mon melon!..

Item Information

Title:
Saperlotte!... j'ai manqué la taupe et j'ai attrapé mon melon!..
Title (alt.):
Charivari. Damn it!... I missed the mole and hit my melon!..
Description:
A man installed a trap for a mole but he captured a melon instead. This print, number 39 in the series, was published independently from Le Charivari edition. This unpublished lithograph appeared only "sur blanc". The date given corresponds to the date of presentation to the censor's office.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1846
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Traps (trapping equipment)
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Country life in art
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 34 x 25 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1782
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:
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1426