print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1918,0511.245
Title: Object: Clytemnestre, poussée par mimi Véron, profite du sommeil du Charivari pour perforer cet infortuné (Clytemnestra, driven by Véron, takes advantage of the Charivari's slumber to pierce it); Series: Actualités
Description: Plate 55 in series: a parody of a painting by Guérin, with a fat man (Veron), his face hidden by a nightcap and a gag, standing behind a curtain and pushing a draped woman holding a clyster towards the right, where the personification of the Charivari is sleeping in a sofa; a pen and a quill are hung above the latter; originally published in 'Le Charivari', 9 January 1850 Lithograph, printed 'sur blanc'
Producer name: Print made by: Honoré Daumier; Printed by: Aubert & Cie; Published by: Aubert
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Production date: 1850
Production place: Published in: Paris (France)
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Dimensions: Height: 247 millimetres (image); Width: 219 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See 1918,0511.242. The painting parodied in this lithograph is 'The murder of Agamemnon' executed in 1817 by Pierre Narcisse Guérin and now at the Musée du Louvre Paris.
Bibliographic references: Hazard & Delteil 1904 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre lithographié de Honoré Daumier (2794.II); Delteil / Le Peintre-Graveur Illustré (XIXe et XXe siècles) (1980.II)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; classical mythology
Associated names: Representation of: Louis Désiré Véron; Representation of: Le Charivari; Representation of: Clytemnestra; Associated with: Baron Pierre Narcisse Guérin
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Acquisition date: 1918
Acquisition notes: Annotated in pencil on verso: 'Le Véel, Paris / February 1905 / A. 1D less PE%'.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1918,0511.245

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