Ah! il prétend m'empêcher d'aller..., 1849

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series Title

Les Femmes Socialistes

Medium

lithograph in black on newsprint

Dimensions

image: 24 x 19.9 cm (9 7/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

sheet: 36.2 x 25.2 cm (14 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 1921, State ii/ii

Accession Number

1991.150.91

Artists / Makers

Honoré Daumier (artist) French, 1808 - 1879

Image Use

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Inscription

across top printed: LES FEMMES SOCIALISTES. 4.; lower left plate: h.D.; lower right plate: 1304; below image, across bottom printed: Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse Imp. Aubert & C.ie / --Ah! il prétend m'empecher d'aller communier avec nos huit cents frères à la barrièr du Maine..... / il faut que je punisse tant d'insolence! / --Arretez, Eglantine, laissez ce tyran aux remords de sa conscience.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 20 / 1921

Provenance

Professor William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA; gift 1991 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

O'Neal, William B., Professor

Bibliography

1906: Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.