Présentation d'Ulysse à Nausica (Presentation of Ulysses at Nausicaa)
Présentation d'Ulysse à Nausica (Presentation of Ulysses at Nausicaa)

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Présentation d'Ulysse à Nausica (Presentation of Ulysses at Nausicaa),

published in Le Charivari, October 30, 1842

Honoré Daumier, 1808–1879; born Valmondois, France; died Marseille, France
x1935-1628 c

Information

Title
Présentation d'Ulysse à Nausica (Presentation of Ulysses at Nausicaa)
Dates

published in Le Charivari, October 30, 1842

Maker
Honoré Daumier
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 24.7 x 20.2 cm. (9 3/4 x 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 36.7 x 24.9 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Object Number
x1935-1628 c
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Inscription
Lettered and numbered above stone, upper center and right: HISTOIRE ANCIENNE. / 4 Signed with initials in stone, lower left corner: h.D. Numbered in stone, lower right corner: 368 Publisher and printer below stone, lower left and right: Chez Bauger & Cie. R. du Croissant, 16. / Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. Titled in lower margin: PRÉSENTATION D'ULYSSE A NAUSICA. Captioned in lower margin: A l'aspect du héros souillé de limon noir, / Tout fuit, mais Nausica dans sa pudeur naïve; / Lui dit en rougissant sans quitter sa lessive: / Quel Dieu noble étranger t'amène en mon lavoir? (Traduction inédite de Mr. Casimir Delavigne).
Reference Numbers
Delteil 928; Hazard and Delteil 1931
Culture
French, European
Type
lithographs, prints
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
lithography
Subject
kings (people), figures (representations), satire, men, women, tents, Greek mythology

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