La Harpe, Instrument Céleste (The Harp, Celestial Instrument) and Musique de l'Ancienne Loterie (Music of the Old Lottery), from the series Études Musicales (Musical Studies) in the Journal Amusant (PR.955.73.3.1 on recto)
Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808 - 1879
published December 9, 1865
Lithograph on paper
Image: 6 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (16.5 × 24.8 cm)
Image: 5 7/8 × 9 1/2 in. (15 × 24.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (40 × 28.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ilse Martha Bischoff
PR.955.73.3.2
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Lettered, upper left: PRIX: / 3 mois . . . . 5 fr. / 6 mois . . . . 10 ' / 12 mois . . . . 17 '; lettered, upper center: JOURNAL AMUSANT; inscribed, in black ink, upper center: 4 Etudes dont 2 au verso [piece of paper pasted over original text]; lettered, upper right: PRIX: / 3 mois . . . . 5 fr. / 6 mois . . . . 10 ' / 12 mois . . . . 17 '; lettered, above image, upper center: ÉTUDES MUSICALES, -- par H. DAUMIER.; inscribed, in graphite, above image, upper right: Voir au dos.; initialled, on stone, lower left: h.D. 39.; inscribed, on stone, lower right: GILLOT. SC.; lettered, lower center margin: LA HARPE, INSTRUMENT CÉLESTE. / (Dictionnaire de musique.); lettered, lower right margin: 23712; initalled, on stone, lower left: h.D. 40.; lettered, lower center margin: MUSIQUE DE L'ANCIENNE LOTERIE.; lettered, lower right margin: 23713; inscribed, in graphite, lower right: Voir sur dos.
Provenance
Ilse Martha Bischoff, Hartland, Vermont; given to present collection, 1955.
Catalogue Raisonne
Hazard (1904): 3899 and 3900; Delteil (1926), Vol. 9: 3388 and 3389.; Daumier Register: 3388 and 3389
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