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1. Conduite courageuse de Mr. Pigeon [graphic]
- Creator:
- Godissart de Cari, 1774-1848, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1816 or 1817?]
- Call Number:
- 816.00.00.80
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man and woman in their pajamas and slippers stand looking in fright at the closed door of their bedroom. He wears a night cap and stands with a weapon in each hand, pointed at the door; his figure casts a large shadow on the back wall and over the bureau on which sits his tricorne hat. His wife (right) clings to his nightshirt, as she holds up a candlestick to light their way. She has her hair tied up in a scarf. To the right, their infant cries in its basket under which sits a overflowing chamber pot. On the other side of the closed door is a small mouse
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Series title and number from caption above image., Printmaker's name etched in image, on left baseboard., Plate 14 in this series is dated 1817 in the British Museum online catalogue., Sheet dimensions from British Museum catalogue., "The series 'Musée Grotesque' consists of at least 65 plates, made over a long period between March 1814 and August 1829. They seem all to have been designed, and in some cases etched, by Godissart de Cari, and all are placed under his name in the British Museum. The first four plates of the series, unlike the others, do not carry the heading 'Musée Grotesque' but rather 'Les Nouvellistes' and are numbered 1 to 4."--British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark: 21.2 x 29 cm.
- Publisher:
- Chez Martinet Libre., rue du Coq, no. 15
- Subject (Topic):
- Bedrooms, Candlesticks, Chamber pots, Couples, Daggers & swords, Families, Fear, Mice, and Sleepwear
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Conduite courageuse de Mr. Pigeon [graphic]
2. La pipe matinale. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1841]
- Call Number:
- Print00950
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Written in image: h.D., Published in Le Charivari, 26 February 1841., Below title: Le Tabac de caporal fait maintenant partie inté́grale de ce que les poétes appellent les sauves parfums du matin; et grace aux bouffees que lui envoyent de toutes parts les fumeurs, l'aurore, jadis au tenit de rose, doit être bien près d'être culottée., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- Se vend, Bauger & Cie. Editeurs des Dessins de la Caricature, du Figaro et du Charivari, Rue du Croissant, 16 and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
- Subject (Topic):
- Tobacco smoke pollution, Smoking, Pipe smoking, Sleepwear, Pipes (Smoking)., and Beds
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > La pipe matinale. [graphic]