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Honoré Daumier

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

Description

Maker

  • Aubert & Cie
  • Honoré Daumier

Title

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

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: 28.6 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

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

45.100

About

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

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

2nd of 2

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Two Capacities of the Old Regime (Deux Ex Capacités de l'Ancien Régime) with the accession number of 45.100. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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