C'est singulier comme ce miroir m'aplatit la taille et me maigrit la poitrine! ... Que m'importe?... Mme. de Staël et Mr. de Buffon l'ont proclamé... le génie n'a point de sexe.

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Title:
C'est singulier comme ce miroir m'aplatit la taille et me maigrit la poitrine! ... Que m'importe?... Mme. de Staël et Mr. de Buffon l'ont proclamé... le génie n'a point de sexe.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. Isn't it strange how this mirror flattens my waist and reduces my bust... but what does that matter?... Mme de Stael and Mr de Buffon clearly said: genius has no sex.
Description:
This print insinuates that women cannot be "feminine" and "intellectual" at the same time. It accuses in a rather polemic way the overweening opinion of politically and literary active women.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1844
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Mirrors
Underwear
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 35.5 x 24.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1567
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:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, January 30, 1844.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1221