- Voyez-vous mes deux truites? - Non.... pas très bien. - Là..... à gauche...... à côté de mon saumon - C'est singulier..... je ne peux même pas distinguer le saumon....... cela tient peut-être à ce que cette lorgnette est mauvaise.

Item Information

Title:
- Voyez-vous mes deux truites? - Non.... pas très bien. - Là..... à gauche...... à côté de mon saumon - C'est singulier..... je ne peux même pas distinguer le saumon....... cela tient peut-être à ce que cette lorgnette est mauvaise.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. - Can you see my two trouts? - No.... not very clearly. - On..... the left...... just besides the salamon - It is strange..... I can't even see the salamon....... maybe the telescope isn't very good.
Description:
A man is trying to see his friend's fish in a fishbowl, however, they are so small and he needs a telescope to attempt to see them. Fish breeding was very popular in France during the 1850's.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1856
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Men
France--History--1848-1870
Fishes
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 28 x 35.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3209
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, October 17, 1856.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2796