Agréable vue dont jouissent exclusivement les locataires des sous-sols.

Item Information

Title:
Agréable vue dont jouissent exclusivement les locataires des sous-sols.
Title (alt.):
A charming view reserved exclusively for the residents of basements.. Charivari
Description:
A couple living in a basement apartment looks out the window to see only the legs of passing citizens. Due to the reconstruction of Paris in 1853 only the affluent citizen were able to afford to live in the upper floors of the buildings, while the less fortunate had to either live in the basement or the attic. The anonymous dwellings in the basement apartments led to the isolation of the poorer members of society.
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:
Basements
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 25.5 x 36 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3229
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, November 29, 1856.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2815