Sans doute M. Riflot le droit...
1839
Artist, French, 1808 - 1879
Artwork overview
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Medium
crayon lithograph in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift in memory of Dr. Ruth B. Benedict by the Washington Print Club and Her Friends
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Dimensions
sheet: 34.3 x 25.8 cm (13 1/2 x 10 3/16 in.)
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Accession
1995.68.6
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Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil, no. 612, State ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Alberto Borletti; (David Carritt Limited, Artemis Group, London); NGA designated purchase, 1995.
Associated Names
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.
Inscriptions
upper center in plate: LA JOURNEE DU CELIBATAIRE.; lower right in image in plate: h.[D?].; lower left below image in plate: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.; lower center below image in plate: Par Daumier.; lower right below image in plate: Au bureau du Charivari rue du Croissant 16.; across bottom in plate: -Sans doute Mr. Riflot le droit de pétition est sacré, mais on en abuse! temoin celle dont / vous nous parlez. imposer les célibataires comme inutiles à la population! j'en suis faché / pour les gens maries, mais s'il faut le dire il n'en est aucun qui, plus que moi Coquelet, ait / aidé à la population.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: L.D. 612 20003 [ts?]; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: os 14 Set of 12
Markings
BS: Societe du Journal le Charivari
Wikidata ID
Q75393701