- Ah! mon dieu, on a mis le feu à la maison du voisin!..... ne regarde pas, Théodore, ça te ferait trop de mal!..... - Mais non..... c'est lui qui vient d'illuminer sa fenêtre avec trois lampions!....

Item Information

Title:
- Ah! mon dieu, on a mis le feu à la maison du voisin!..... ne regarde pas, Théodore, ça te ferait trop de mal!..... - Mais non..... c'est lui qui vient d'illuminer sa fenêtre avec trois lampions!....
Title (alt.):
- Oh my God, our neighbor's house has caught fire!..... don't look, Theodore, it would be too painful!..... - But no..... it was he himself who placed three little lanterns in his window!..... Charivari
Description:
A couple is standing at their window, looking aghast at the "fire" over at their neighbor's house, which is actually a couple of lanterns in the window.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1848
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Spouses
Houses
Fires
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 35 x 25 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/2129
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 7, 1848.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1761