C'est-y embêtant de brosser ces machines là...

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series Title

Actualités

Medium

lithograph in black on newsprint

Dimensions

sheet: 36.3 x 25 cm (14 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, undescribed

Accession Number

1991.150.92

Artists / Makers

Honoré Daumier (artist) French, 1808 - 1879

Image Use

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Inscription

across top printed: ACTUALITES 186.; lower left plate: h.D.; lower right plate: 1248; below image, across bottom printed: Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse Imp. Aubert & C.ie / --C'est-y embetant de brosser ces machines l .....c'est sur les bottes que le citoyen / Antoine aurait du mettre un imp t de cent francs par an....au b n fice du domestique / qui les cire!....

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.