Télémague et Mentor (Telemachus and Mentor)
Télémague et Mentor (Telemachus and Mentor)

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Télémague et Mentor (Telemachus and Mentor),

published in Le Charivari, October 6, 1842

Honoré Daumier, 1808–1879; born Valmondois, France; died Marseille, France
Printed by Aubert, French, active 1829–1847
Published by Bauger et Cie, French, active 1830–1842
x1935-1628 b

Information

Title
Télémague et Mentor (Telemachus and Mentor)
Dates

published in Le Charivari, October 6, 1842

Maker
Honoré Daumier
Printed by Aubert
Published by Bauger et Cie
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 25.1 x 19.7 cm. (9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.) sheet: 35.7 x 24.6 cm (14 1/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Object Number
x1935-1628 b
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Inscription
Lettered and numbered above stone, upper center and right: HISTOIRE ANCIENNE / 29 Signed with initials and numbered in stone, lower left corner: h.D. / 420 Publisher and printer below stone, lower left and right: Chez Bauger R. du Croissant, 16. / Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. Titled in lower margin: TELEMAQUE ET MENTOR Captioned in lower margin: Voyant son langoureux pupille, / Brûler pour Eucharis d'un feu toujours nouveau, / Mentor d'un coup de poing le flanqua raide à l'eau / Pour lui faire abandonner l'ile. / Unique quatrain de Mr. Duponchel.
Reference Numbers
Delteil 953; Hazard and Delteil 1929
Culture
French, European
Type
lithographs, prints
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
lithography
Subject
figures (representations), murders, satire, cliffs, men, Greek mythology, elderly

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