Il n'ya pas à dire, il faut que je traverse ce diable de bois pour rentrer chez moi.... je suis fâché d'être resté si tard chez le voisin Rigolard, à faire un cent de piquet.... si j'avais réfléchi je n'en aurais fait qu'un demi-cent.

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Title:
Il n'ya pas à dire, il faut que je traverse ce diable de bois pour rentrer chez moi.... je suis fâché d'être resté si tard chez le voisin Rigolard, à faire un cent de piquet.... si j'avais réfléchi je n'en aurais fait qu'un demi-cent.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. It can't be helped, I'll have to walk through this damned little wood to get home.... why did I have to stay so late at neighbour Rigolard's just to finish a hundred point game of piquet.... had I known this, I would have played for only fifty points.
Description:
A man is afraid of cutting through a little wood at night.
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:
Fear
Cast shadows
Wood
Night
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Country life in art
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 36.5 x 24.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1783
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.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, January 22, 1846.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1427