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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...),

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  • Aubert & Cie
  • Michel Aubert
  • Honoré Daumier

Title

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

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 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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

36.128

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

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

2nd of 2
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