(La Femme) Je viens de découvrir une mêche dans votre gilet!.... (Le Mari embarassé) Bon! bon! tu sais que je m'occupe de curiosité; je l'ai achetée aux commissaires priseurs. On dit que ça vient de Cléopatre!

Item Information

Title:
(La Femme) Je viens de découvrir une mêche dans votre gilet!.... (Le Mari embarassé) Bon! bon! tu sais que je m'occupe de curiosité; je l'ai achetée aux commissaires priseurs. On dit que ça vient de Cléopatre!
Title (alt.):
(The Wife): I have just discovered a lock of hair on your vest (The Husband, embarrassed): Good, good, you know that I am involved in the business of curios.... I obtained this from the auctioneers. They said it comes from Cleopatra.. Charivari
Description:
A wife has just discovered a lock of hair. The husband tries to find an excuse for it.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1840
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Human hair
Marriage
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Married life
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 28.5 x 22 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/4565
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 12, 1840
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD646