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Honoré Daumier

How Sweet, Seated Downhill, How Agreeable... (Qu'il Est Doux, Qu'il Est Doux Au Penchant d'un Vallon...)

Maker

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Michel Aubert, printer
Aubert &amp

Title

How Sweet, Seated Downhill, How Agreeable... (Qu'il Est Doux, Qu'il Est Doux Au Penchant d'un Vallon...)
from the series "Idylles Parlementaires"

Year

1850-51

Medium

  • Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper

Materials

lithograph

Supports

  • Light weight cream wove paper mounted on light weight board

Dimensions

Plate: 24.4 x 27.3 cm (9 5/8 x 10 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LL: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Idylles Parlementaires./ 15.; Printed, on plate, LL: Imp de MeVe Aubert r de l'Abbaye 5 Paris; Printed, on plate, LR: Chez Aubert & Cie Pl de la Bourse 29 a Paris; Printed, on plate, LC: Qu'il est doux, qu'il est doux au penchant d'un vallon, / Loin du bruit et des cris de la foule importune. / Au milieu d'un beau jour, d'invoquer Apollon / Et le soir d'adresser des sonnets à la lune.; Written, in graphite, on sheet, LL: D.2064/ 1850-51/ 36.128

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

36.128

Type

  • Prints

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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Michel Aubert, printer
Aubert & Cie (French), publisher
How Sweet, Seated Downhill, How Agreeable... (Qu'il Est Doux, Qu'il Est Doux Au Penchant d'un Vallon...); from the series "Idylles Parlementaires", 1850-51
Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper
Plate: 24.4 x 27.3 cm (9 5/8 x 10 3/4 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 36.128

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