Vous êtes un jeune homme bien né!.... je vous vois d'un bon oeil.....

Item Information

Title:
Vous êtes un jeune homme bien né!.... je vous vois d'un bon oeil.....
Title (alt.):
Figaro. You are a well-born young man!.... I see you as a good man.....
Description:
Daumier plays on the fact that "born" and "nose" have the same sound in French "né" and "nez" respectively. In addition, the one-eyed man says that he sees it with "the right eye".
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1840
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Conversation pieces
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Play on words
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 24 x 35.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/4487
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 Figaro, June 7, 1840.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD576