Nymphes des alentours, venez nymphes discrètes Laboulie en ces lieux, vêtu de ses lunettes, Se montre à vos regards dans le simple appareil D'un jeune gazetier qui quittant l'onde pure, Ayant à la pleine eau donné sa signature Sèche son beau torse au soleil. (L'auteur gardera l'anonyme, la loi ayant oublié de se prononcer sur la signature des acrostiches, quatrains, sixains, villanelles, ballades, rondeaux, virelais et autres bouts rimés.)
Nymphes des alentours, venez nymphes discrètes Laboulie en ces lieux, vêtu de ses lunettes, Se montre à vos regards dans le simple appareil D'un jeune gazetier qui quittant l'onde pure, Ayant à la pleine eau donné sa signature Sèche son beau torse au soleil. (L'auteur gardera l'anonyme, la loi ayant oublié de se prononcer sur la signature des acrostiches, quatrains, sixains, villanelles, ballades, rondeaux, virelais et autres bouts rimés.)
Title (alt.):
Charivari. Neighborhood nymphs, come discreet nymphs Laboulie in these places arrayed with his glasses, Shows himself to your glances in uncovered masses A young journalist who, leaving the unsullied water having hardly given his signature Dries his fine torso in the sun. (The author remains anonymous, since the law forgot to require a signature on acrostics, quatrains, Nostradamus prophecy, villanelle, ballads, roundels, virelais and other rhymes.)
Description:
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. This unusual series in the style of Louis XV is imitating in a charming and original way the style of Fragonard.
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, October 3, 1850.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
