Ah! ciel voila qu'il dévorent tous mes choux.... j'ai acheté des lapins pour m'en faire trois mille livres de rentes, et ce sont eux qui vivent comme s'ils avaient trente mille francs de revenus!...
Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808 - 1879
1845-46
Lithograph on ivory wove paper
Image: 10 1/4 × 8 11/16 in. (26 × 22 cm)
Sheet: 13 11/16 × 9 15/16 in. (34.7 × 25.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H, by exchange, in honor of Kathy Hart, Barbara C. & Harvey P. Hood Curator of Academic Programming, 1990–2020
2021.23.1
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Provenance
F. E. Bliss b. 1847, London, Lugt 265; René Gaston-Dreyfus 1886-1969; Henri Petiet 1894-1980 Lugt online 5031, their stamps, verso; sold to present collection, 2021.
Catalogue Raisonne
Delteil 1415 I/II
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