Bescher, dessiné à la Cour des Pairs, par Daumier.

Item Information

Title:
Bescher, dessiné à la Cour des Pairs, par Daumier.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. Bescher, drawn at the Court of Peers, by Daumier.
Description:
The prints DR 289 to 298 are referring to the attempted murder by Fieschi against King Louis-Philippe. The person shown here is Tell Bescher, one of the four organizers of the assassination attempt against Louis-Philippe. BESCHER, Tell (1794 - ?) was a bookbinder and accomplice at the coup d’état against Fieschi of July 28, 1835. He was the only participant to be tried and acquitted by the Court on Feb. 14, 1836.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1836
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Assassinations
Portraits
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Assassination attempts
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 31.5 x 24 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3324
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:
Published in: Le Charivari, February 6, 1836.
1st state.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD290