Voyez Berryer, célèbre horticulteur, Fesant ici sa ronde matinale. A l'Elysée, il cultive une fleur Mais est-ce un Lys, est-ce une impériale? Quatrain tiré des coups de boutoir poétiques. - volume sous presse.)
Voyez Berryer, célèbre horticulteur, Fesant ici sa ronde matinale. A l'Elysée, il cultive une fleur Mais est-ce un Lys, est-ce une impériale? Quatrain tiré des coups de boutoir poétiques. - volume sous presse.)
Title (alt.):
Behold, Berryer, celebrated horticulturist, Seen here partaking in his early morning round. At the Elysée, growing a flower is his latest task, But is it a lily, is it an imperial? (Quatrain from poetic attacks. - volume in press.). Charivari
Description:
The lily mentioned in the caption represents Monarchy. The “imperial” defines a beard shape which was in fashion in Napoléon II’s time. “Élysée” refers to Elysium, home of the Blessed after death. “Élysée” was also the residence of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte. This lithograph is made to resemble a picture in a frame that captures an idyll, or a scene or event of a simple and tranquil nature. Members of parliament are caricatured in these idylls; they are made to seem like angels, without clothes but with small wings instead.
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, November 6, 1850.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
