- Vois-tu c'est l'éclipse qui commence........ - Mais je ne vois rien....... - Eh! ben, c'est ce qu'y faut......... quand un notaire s'éclipse est-ce que tu le vois?...

Item Information

Title:
- Vois-tu c'est l'éclipse qui commence........ - Mais je ne vois rien....... - Eh! ben, c'est ce qu'y faut......... quand un notaire s'éclipse est-ce que tu le vois?...
Title (alt.):
Charivari. - You see, the eclipse is starting........ - But I don't see anything....... - Oh! well, that's exactly right......... when a notary public vanishes, do you see him?...
Description:
Two men are gazing at a solar eclipse. The caption has a play on the words "s'éclipser," meaning to disappear or vanish. There was a solar eclipse over Paris on 9 October 1847.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1847
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Notaries
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Eclipses
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 36.5 x 25 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/2035
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:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, November 18, 1847.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1672