-C'été Molière qui été sur ce monumente.... - Non, c'été LA FONTAINE. - Yes...... Molière sur la fontaine.

Item Information

Title:
-C'été Molière qui été sur ce monumente.... - Non, c'été LA FONTAINE. - Yes...... Molière sur la fontaine.
Title (alt.):
- This was Molière on this monument.... - No, it was La Fontaine. - Yes...... Molière on the fountain.. Charivari
Description:
A play on words. A family is looking at a fountain and commenting about how Moliere sat upon it while making references to Jean de La Fontaine, a poet and inventor of fables.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1855
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Exhibitions
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 26 x 37 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3082
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:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, June 4, 1855.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2673