Ma foi je ne sais pas comment ils étaient à Austerlitz, mais ça ne pouvait guère être mieux.

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Title:
Ma foi je ne sais pas comment ils étaient à Austerlitz, mais ça ne pouvait guère être mieux.
Title (alt.):
Goodness I don't know how they looked like at Austerlitz, but they could hardly have looked any better.. Charivari
Description:
A soldier is looking at himself in the mirror. Daumier’s gifts for observation and imagination is combined in this series, which is ridiculing gender stereotypes by substituting male guises for traits usually perceived as female.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1840
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Soldiers
Mirrors
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Pride and vanity
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 38 x 26.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/4672
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, April 26, 1840.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD742