Inconvénient d'avoir un parent qui se nomme Babylas, ce qui oblige à aller lui porter un bouquet le 24 Janvier.

Item Information

Title:
Inconvénient d'avoir un parent qui se nomme Babylas, ce qui oblige à aller lui porter un bouquet le 24 Janvier.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. The inconvenience of having a relative named Babylas, when one is obliged to bring him flowers on January 24.
Description:
A couple is walking through the snow in order to deliver a bouquet to a relative named after Saint Babylas. Saint Babylas was the patriarch of Antioch around 238 A.D., he became a martyr around 251. It was customary to present flowers on his birthday, January 24.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1850
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Snow
Spouses
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 36 x 25 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/2076
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, January 29, 1850.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1709