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Honoré Daumier

Cashing a Bill (L'Escompte d'un Billet),

Maker

  • Aubert & Cie
  • Honoré Daumier

Title

Cashing a Bill (L'Escompte d'un Billet)

Medium

lithograph

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper

Techniques

  • Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper

Supports

  • Light weight cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 28.3 x 22.2 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LR: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Les Beaux jours de La Vie/ no 24; Printed, on plate, LL: Chez Aubert Pl de la Bourse 29; Printed, on plate, LR: Imp d' Aubert & Cie; PRinted, on plate; LL to LR: L'ESCOMPTE D'UN BILLET. / Voilà jeune homme... contre votre lettre de change de cinq cents francs, je vous donne deux cents francs tout neufs, plus un magnifique chameau ayant très peu servi.... il provient d'une de nos dernières razzias et débarquera prochainement à Toulon...... - Je prends toujours les écus... je ferai cadeau du chameau à Joséphine.... ça lui servira pour aller se promener à ane dans la vallée de Montmorency!...; Written, on sheet, in graphite, LR: 36.029/ D.IIII II / 1844

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

36.029

Cashing a Bill (L'Escompte d'un Billet)
from the series "Les Beaux Jours de la Vie"

Signed, on image, LR: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Les Beaux jours de La Vie/ no 24; Printed, on plate, LL: Chez Aubert Pl de la Bourse 29; Printed, on plate, LR: Imp d' Aubert & Cie; PRinted, on plate; LL to LR: L'ESCOMPTE D'UN BILLET. / Voilà jeune homme... contre votre lettre de change de cinq cents francs, je vous donne deux cents francs tout neufs, plus un magnifique chameau ayant très peu servi.... il provient d'une de nos dernières razzias et débarquera prochainement à Toulon...... - Je prends toujours les écus... je ferai cadeau du chameau à Joséphine.... ça lui servira pour aller se promener à ane dans la vallée de Montmorency!...; Written, on sheet, in graphite, LR: 36.029/ D.IIII II / 1844

2nd of 2
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