Sont-il fade! . . . .regarde donc comme ils s'en sauvent! . . . . ce que c'est de ne pas vivre dans une chose!!! . . . . Mes petits amours, quand vous repasserez faudra prévenir, on vous brûlera des pastilles du Sérail. . . . .

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Title:
Sont-il fade! . . . .regarde donc comme ils s'en sauvent! . . . . ce que c'est de ne pas vivre dans une chose!!! . . . . Mes petits amours, quand vous repasserez faudra prévenir, on vous brûlera des pastilles du Sérail. . . . .
Title (alt.):
How silly!. . . . just look at how they run away! . . . . that is what you get when you are in the wrong place!!! . . . . My little love, when you prevent to pass, you will burn the pellets from Sérail. . . . .. Charivari
Description:
A terrified couple is walking very fast because they are afraid of two men who are looking at them and commenting on their behavior. In this series Daumier describes the various emotional reactions of his fellow citizens when faced with precarious situations… the doorman, who when peeking through a keyhole, sees his wife being embraced by one of his tenants, the old gentleman remembering with wistfulness his conquests of long ago, when seeing some models in a window decoration, but most touching, the father from the provinces who purposely is not being recognized by his “established ” son when visiting the city. Daumier succeeds to show the bourgeoisie with humour but also with that certain touch of bitterness and at the same time endeavours to help us understand how much we are all fighting to climb up the social ladder, while often forgetting our roots and damaging our own self-esteem as well as that of our surrounding.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1839
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Streets
Fear
Paris (France)--Social life and customs--19th century
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 35.5 x 25 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/4607
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:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, July 14, 1839.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD684