Image

RISDM 36-101.tif

Honoré Daumier

What a Nuisance to Brush These Things... (C'est y embêtant de brosser ces Machines Là...)

Description

Maker

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

Title

What a Nuisance to Brush These Things... (C'est y embêtant de brosser ces Machines Là...)
from the series "Actualités"

Year

1849

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 29.5 x 20.8 cm (11 5/8 x 8 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LL: h.D.; Printed, on print, UC: Actualites.; Printed, on print, UR: 186; Printed, on print, LL: Chez Aubert Pl.de la Bourse; Printed, on print, LR: Imp. Aubert & Cie.; Printed, on print, LL to LR: - C'est-y embêtant de brosser ces machines là.... c'est sur les bottes que le citoyen Antoine aurait du mettre un impôt de cent francs par an.... au bénéfice du domestique qui les cire!....; Written, in graphite on sheet, LL: 3543; Written, in graphite, on sheet, LR: 36.101/2; RISD Museum stamp on mount LR

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

36.101

Type

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Tombstone

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert & Cie (French), printer
What a Nuisance to Brush These Things... (C'est y embêtant de brosser ces Machines Là...); from the series "Actualités", 1849
Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper mounted on light weight board
Plate: 29.5 x 20.8 cm (11 5/8 x 8 3/16 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 36.101

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