Les FUMEURS DE HADCHIDS. - Ah! quel plaisir oriental je commence à éprouver.. il me semble que je trotte sur un chameau!.. - Et moi.. je crois recevoir. un bastonnade!..

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Title:
Les FUMEURS DE HADCHIDS. - Ah! quel plaisir oriental je commence à éprouver.. il me semble que je trotte sur un chameau!.. - Et moi.. je crois recevoir. un bastonnade!..
Title (alt.):
Charivari. THE HASHISH SMOKERS. - Oh, I am starting to get that marvelous oriental feeling… it seems as if I am riding on a camel!… - And I feel like I am getting beaten.
Description:
There were several salons in Paris at that time where one could smoke hashish and opium. They were frequented mostly by artists and poets. According to Raymond Escholier, the person on the right is the poet Baudelaire.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1845
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Pipes (smoking equipment)
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Hashish
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 36 x 25 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1497
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, September 13, 1845.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1157