Pour qui sont ces Serpents qui siflent sur vos têtes?, number 2 from the series Physionomies Tragico-Classiques from Le Charivari
Pour qui sont ces Serpents qui siflent sur vos têtes?, number 2 from the series Physionomies Tragico-Classiques from Le Charivari

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Pour qui sont ces Serpents qui siflent sur vos têtes?, number 2 from the series Physionomies Tragico-Classiques from Le Charivari,

published in Le Charivari, January 17, 1841

Honoré Daumier, 1808–1879; born Valmondois, France; died Marseille, France
x1935-1641 b

Information

Title
Pour qui sont ces Serpents qui siflent sur vos têtes?, number 2 from the series Physionomies Tragico-Classiques from Le Charivari
Dates

published in Le Charivari, January 17, 1841

Maker
Honoré Daumier
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 25 x 36.5 cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Object Number
x1935-1641 b
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Reference Numbers
Delteil 891; Hazard and Delteil 2351
Culture
French, European
Type
lithographs, prints
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
lithography
Subject
figures (representations), satire, men

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