This is What Nowadays is Called a Light Work. “- My God, what's this!.... an encyclopaedia? “- No sir.... it is the novel 'the mysteries of Paris' that Madame bought at the bookshop of our Master. We will bring you the rest of the oeuvre as soon as it appears.,” plate 13 from Revue Caricaturale

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Title

This is What Nowadays is Called a Light Work. “- My God, what's this!.... an encyclopaedia? “- No sir.... it is the novel 'the mysteries of Paris' that Madame bought at the bookshop of our Master. We will bring you the rest of the oeuvre as soon as it appears.,” plate 13 from Revue Caricaturale

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1843

Medium

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 24.5 × 20 cm (9 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 34 × 26.2 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1953.372

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