Honoré Daumier

There Is Nothing More Relaxing for the Working Class... (Le Spectacle Est Une Chose Bonne Pour le Peuple de Paris...)

Maker

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

Title

There Is Nothing More Relaxing for the Working Class... (Le Spectacle Est Une Chose Bonne Pour le Peuple de Paris...)
from the series "Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra"

Year

1849

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 27.9 x 21.3 cm (11 x 8 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Printed, on plate, UC: Tout ce Qu'on Voudra./ No 33.; Printed, on plate, LL: Chez Aubert & Cie Pl de la Bourse 29; Printed, on plate, LR: Imp Aubert & Cie; Printed, on plate, LL to LR: "Le spectacle est une chose bonne pour le peuple de Paris, il vient s'y délasser le soir des fatigues de la journée." / (Tous les moralistes); Written, in graphite, on sheet, LL: D.1697 II/ 1849/ 44.689

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

44.689

Type

Image use

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Tombstone

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert & Cie (French), printer
There Is Nothing More Relaxing for the Working Class... (Le Spectacle Est Une Chose Bonne Pour le Peuple de Paris...); from the series "Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra", 1849
Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper
Plate: 27.9 x 21.3 cm (11 x 8 3/8 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 44.689

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