La MORT DE SAPHO. Jeunes filles, voyez où nous conduit l'Amour! Sous nos pieds si mignons, le gueux creuse un abîme Où l'on tombe aisément; car du plaisir au crime Le chemin est bigrement court. (Mlle. Esther, poésies morales.)

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Title:
La MORT DE SAPHO. Jeunes filles, voyez où nous conduit l'Amour! Sous nos pieds si mignons, le gueux creuse un abîme Où l'on tombe aisément; car du plaisir au crime Le chemin est bigrement court. (Mlle. Esther, poésies morales.)
Title (alt.):
Charivari. SAPPHO'S DEATH. Young ladies, you see where love leads us! Under our feet so dainty and small, the wretched chasm of an abyss Into which we eventually fall. (Mlle. Esther, moralistic poems.)
Description:
Cupid is pushing Sappho into the sea.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1843
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Mythology
Greek
Mythology, Greek
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Antiquities in art
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 36.5 x 25 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/4922
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:
4th state.
Published in: Le Charivari, January 4, 1843
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD973