La FEMME. - Mais, garçon.... nous vous demandons un peu de melon et vous nous apportez un monstre!.... LE MARI. - N'aie pas peur, ma bonne..., nous serons deux contre un........

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Title:
La FEMME. - Mais, garçon.... nous vous demandons un peu de melon et vous nous apportez un monstre!.... LE MARI. - N'aie pas peur, ma bonne..., nous serons deux contre un........
Title (alt.):
THE LADY. - But, waiter.... we asked you for a little melon and you bring us a monster!.... THE HUSBAND. - Don't be afraid, my dear..., we are two against one......... Charivari
Description:
A couple is dining out and has ordered melon for dessert. However, the waiter has brought them an entire melon. The husband tells his wife not to worry, as it will be two against one. CROQUIS D'ÉTÉ (“Summer sketches”), a series of 55 lithographs, which appeared in the Charivari during the summer months of the years 1853 to 1859 and again in 1865.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1859
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Waiters
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 29 x 29.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3633
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, August 11, 1859.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD3203