Tristesse des bouchers de Paris, depuis qu'on leur interdit la réjouissance.

Item Information

Title:
Tristesse des bouchers de Paris, depuis qu'on leur interdit la réjouissance.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. Sadness of the butchers of Paris, since the prohibition of the adding weight to the meat by throwing in bones.
Description:
On May 5, 1855 a new law came into effect dealing with fraud in commerce. According to this law it was an offence to water down wine, to manipulate the scale, or to declare bones as meat.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1855
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Melancholy
France--History--1848-1870
Butchers
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 24.5 x 34.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3044
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, October 17, 1855.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2639