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Honoré Daumier

Two Capacities of the Old Regime (Deux Ex Capacités de l'Ancien Régime)

Description

Maker

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

Title

Two Capacities of the Old Regime (Deux Ex Capacités de l'Ancien Régime)
from the series "Profils Contemporains"

Year

1848

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

Dimensions

Plate: 28.6 x 19.7 cm (11 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LL: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Profils Contemporains./ 1; 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: DEUX CAPACITÉS DE L'ANCIEN RÉGIME. / Comment trouvez-vous cela, m'sieu de Blois flotté, aujourd'hui tout le monde peut être Député sans avoir seulement cinquante écus de fortune.... moi, j'avais quarante mille francs de rente..... j'étais apte à comprendre toutes les questions.... mes moyens me le permettaient!....; Written, in graphite, on sheet, LR: D.1757 II (Vol VI) / 1848/ 45.100/ 300

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

45.100

Type

  • Prints

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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert & Cie (French), printer
Two Capacities of the Old Regime (Deux Ex Capacités de l'Ancien Régime); from the series "Profils Contemporains", 1848
Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper
Plate: 28.6 x 19.7 cm (11 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 45.100

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