La Baccalauréat et Lettres (The Baccalaureate and Letters), from Le Journal Amusant, No. 51, Dec. 20, 1856
Emile Marcelin, French, 1825 - 1944
1856
Printed Journal
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 11 13/16 in. (42.3 × 30 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Susan E. Hardy, Nancy R. Wilsker, Sarah A. Stahl, and John S. Stahl in memory of their parents Barbara J. and David G. Stahl, Class of 1947
2014.73.95
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, upper center: LE BACCALAURÉAT ÈS LETTRES. / TEXTE PAR CHARLES JOLIET. – DESSINS PAR MARCELIN.; inscribed, in image: I. Aussitôt Bachelier / je renonce aux connaissances / utiles …… / II. Pour ne plus cultivez / que les connaissances / agréables / III. Je rouie sur l'or. / IV. Je laisse pousser toutes / mes moustaches, / V. Et je m'engage dans / la Cavalerie / VI. Pour faire l'admiration / de mes cousines en petite tenue / de fantaisie.; printed, lower center: LE RÊVE D'UN FUTUR BACHELIER; printed, lower right: 13406
Provenance
Collected by Barbara Jaffe Stahl (1930-2004) and David Gerald Stahl (1926-2013), Manchester, New Hampshire; bequeathed to their children Susan E. Hardy, Nancy R. Wilsker, Sarah A. Stahl and John S. Stahl, 2013; given to present collection, 2014.
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