- Je ne vois pas pourquoi on ne nous nommerait pas aussi un de ces jours, membres du conseil de surveillance.... ça n'est pas difficile d'avoir un air de dignité...... voici comme il suffit de se poser!.......

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Title:
- Je ne vois pas pourquoi on ne nous nommerait pas aussi un de ces jours, membres du conseil de surveillance.... ça n'est pas difficile d'avoir un air de dignité...... voici comme il suffit de se poser!.......
Title (alt.):
Charivari. - I really don't see why we shouldn't be nominated members on of those days, of the surveillance council.... after all it isn't that difficult to look dignified...... how about a pose like this!.......
Description:
A janitor is posing and wondering why he has not been nominated for a council. Both men note that it is not very difficult to pose as a dignified man. Similar to the series “Les bons bourgeois” the Croquis Parisiens are dealing with numerous small misfortunes in the life of the Parisians.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1856
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Janitors
Servants
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 25 x 36.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3215
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 28, 1856.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2801