print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1980,0510.345.18
- Title
- Series: Le Carnaval
- Description
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Plate 18: in the foreground, a man in costume, dressed as an Alsacian woman, interrupted during a meal with guests, holds the door open to a bailiff, who holds a folded document in one hand and his hat in the otherin a gesture of greeting; further back to left, two guests, also in costume, a man in a tall hat and a woman in a frilly cap, watch with amusement from the dining table; originally published in 'Le Charivari, 13 February 1839
Lithograph, hand-coloured with gum arabic
- Production date
- 1839
- Dimensions
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Height: 330 millimetres (album cover)
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Height: 198 millimetres (inner ruled border)
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Width: 157 millimetres
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Width: 254 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This lithograph, printed 'sur blanc', is found in one of four albums bound in purple leather. The series 'Le Carnaval' comprises 27 lithographs. For further information, see 1980,0510.345.1.
The caption reproduces the content of the document, a demand for payment, and differentiates between the text of the official form, and the details of the particular claim, using two styles of lettering.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Le Charivari
- Acquisition date
- 1980
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1980,0510.345.18