La Harpe, Instrument Céleste (The Harp, Celestial Instrument) and Musique de l'Ancienne Loterie (Music of the Old Lottery)

Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808 - 1879

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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

Portfolio / Series Title

Études Musicales (Musical Studies) in the Journal Amusant

Geography

Place Made: France, Europe

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

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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