Le JAYOTYPE. M. JAY - Monsieur est marié? - LE MONSIEUR - Certainement, mais comment diable voyez-vous ça? - M. JAY - Oh! c'est que cet instrument est si parfait qu'aucun contour de la tête, aucune protuberance du front surtout ne lui échappe. - LE MONSIEUR - Ah! c'est fort ingénieux!!

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Title:
Le JAYOTYPE. M. JAY - Monsieur est marié? - LE MONSIEUR - Certainement, mais comment diable voyez-vous ça? - M. JAY - Oh! c'est que cet instrument est si parfait qu'aucun contour de la tête, aucune protuberance du front surtout ne lui échappe. - LE MONSIEUR - Ah! c'est fort ingénieux!!
Title (alt.):
THE JAYOTYPE. Mr. JAY - The gentlemen is marred? - THE GENTLEMEN- Certainly, but how the evil did you know that? - Mr. JAY - Oh! it is that this instrument is so perfect that there is no curve of the head, no bump on the forehead can escape it. - THE GENTLEMEN - Ah! it is ingenious!. Charivari
Description:
Mr. Jaywas a famous hat maker in Paris around 1842-1847. He invented the Jayotype hat. His shop was at nr. 8 rue Soly, near the office of the Charivari, which was located at the rue du Croissant. The hat was very elegant and can also be seen in some of Gavarni's prints.One could almost understand this print as an advertisement for Jay's hats. The Charivari published in the advertisment section ads for Humann's pants and jackets, Jay's hats, Mayer's ties and gloves and Verdie's walking canes. Durousseau were specialized in 1842 for shirts, and Galabert was a fashionable ladies' hairdresser in rue Laffitte. This print may also be understood by the "knowing" smile of the lady: "Protubérances" (something that stands up on the head) could be an allusion to the "horns" which the sales clerk might cause to the husband (the wife might cheat on the husband with the young gentleman).
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1842
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Hats
Marriage
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Married life
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 35 x 24 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/4606
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 12, 1842.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD683