The Wells of Grenelle. “And these scoundrels of chemists are claiming that it is good for children to bathe in the wells of Grenelle! Here is Dodolphe who has turned more green than an apple.... one hardly knows whether he is a lizard or a toad,” plate 37 from Moeurs Conjugales

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Title

The Wells of Grenelle. “And these scoundrels of chemists are claiming that it is good for children to bathe in the wells of Grenelle! Here is Dodolphe who has turned more green than an apple.... one hardly knows whether he is a lizard or a toad,” plate 37 from Moeurs Conjugales

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1841

Medium

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 21 × 21.5 cm (8 5/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 32.3 × 24.7 cm (12 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison

Reference Number

1952.26

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