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The Mountebanks. “- Oh Maître Bilboquet, we have had it... these clowns will steal our show! Don't you worry, Gringaillet, they're no competition, they are just comedians!,” from Les Saltimbanques

A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of lithograph in black on white wove paper.

Date:

1839

Artist:

Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Title

The Mountebanks. “- Oh Maître Bilboquet, we have had it... these clowns will steal our show! Don't you worry, Gringaillet, they're no competition, they are just comedians!,” from Les Saltimbanques

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1839

Medium

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 21.1 × 28 cm (8 5/16 × 11 1/16 in.); Sheet: 27.3 × 35 cm (10 3/4 × 13 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection

Reference Number

1935.219

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