EN CARNAVAL. - Allons-nous rire et gigotter!.... moi j'serai déguisé en malin!..... - Fameux!... on ne pourras pas te reconnaître!..

Item Information

Title:
EN CARNAVAL. - Allons-nous rire et gigotter!.... moi j'serai déguisé en malin!..... - Fameux!... on ne pourras pas te reconnaître!..
Title (alt.):
CARNIVAL SEASON. - We're going to laugh and kick up our heels!.... I will be disguised as a devil!..... - Great!... nobody will recognize you!... Charivari
Description:
Two men preparing to go to the carnival are holding their disguises in their hands. The humor here stems from the word "malin" - which can mean "the devil" (the 1st man's disguise), or "clever" (what the 2nd man is referring to, calling his friend stupid).
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1845
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Carnivals
Disguises
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Carnival in art
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 35 x 24 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1485
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, May 24, 1845.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1146