Le BOUQUET. - On n'y voit que du feu, et c'est ce qui en fait le charme!

Item Information

Title:
Le BOUQUET. - On n'y voit que du feu, et c'est ce qui en fait le charme!
Title (alt.):
THE BOUQUET. - We only see the fire, and that's what makes the charm!. Journal Amusant
Description:
A group of people are watching some fireworks. One claims that it is amazing that it is only fire that they are watching, yet it is the presentation of it that gives it charm. This country fair attracted many Parisians with their big variety of attractions. Note there are a play on words, On n'y voit que du feu, French expression for: one never sees a thing.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1865
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Fireworks (visual works)
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 17 x 26 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3808
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 Journal Amusant, September 16, 1865.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD3381