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Object Type
Museum number: 1869,0410.82
Title: Object: Si l'bourgeois y est pas, les presses y ne vas pas, voyez chez le md de vin!; Series: Sujets divers lithographés par Charlet, 1825
Description: Two lithographers carrying stones underneath their arms and sheltered by an umbrella stand outside a lithographic printer's premises; a boy looks out of the window tells them; "If the bourgeois is not there, the presses do not run, look at the wine-seller's!". 1825 Lithograph
Producer name: Print made by: Nicolas Toussaint Charlet; Printed by: Villain; Published by: Gihaut Frères
School/style
Production date: 1825
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 240 millimetres (image); Height: 359 millimetres (sheet); Width: 170 millimetres; Width: 267 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: La Combe lists this as one of eight pieces dating from 1825; it is unclear from his catalogue entries whether the lithographs were published together.; According to La Combe the lithographers depicted are Bellangé and Philipon.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Charles Philipon; Representation of: Hippolyte Bellangé
Acquisition name: Purchased from: José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca; Purchased through: Sotheby's (24-7.ii.1869/196); Purchased through: Colnaghi
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1869
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1869,0410.82

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