- Mon pauvre Azor qu'est mort!... - Qué malheur..... faut vite envoyer une lettre de faire part au général Grammont!...

Item Information

Title:
- Mon pauvre Azor qu'est mort!... - Qué malheur..... faut vite envoyer une lettre de faire part au général Grammont!...
Title (alt.):
Charivari. - My poor Azor has died!... - How sad..... let's quickly write to General Grammont!...
Description:
A woman is mourning for the death of her pet. Her friend urges her to write to Jacques Philippe Delmas de Grammont(1796-1862). In 1845, when the first organizations for the protection of animals were established in France, Grammont presented a motion for a new law which came into force on July 2, 1850 and was named in his honor: “La loi Grammont – protection des animaux”.
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:
Conversation pieces
Death
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 36 x 24.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/2080
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, August 26, 1850.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1712