Le Jardin des Plantes à Pékin—Les Chinois admirant beaucoup un quadrupéd de France et un bipède du même pays. . . . (The Botanic Garden at Peking—The Chinese admire a quadruped from France and a biped from the same country. . . . )
Le Jardin des Plantes à Pékin—Les Chinois admirant beaucoup un quadrupéd de France et un bipède du même pays. . . . (The Botanic Garden at Peking—The Chinese admire a quadruped from France and a biped from the same country. . . . )

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Le Jardin des Plantes à Pékin—Les Chinois admirant beaucoup un quadrupéd de France et un bipède du même pays. . . . (The Botanic Garden at Peking—The Chinese admire a quadruped from France and a biped from the same country. . . . ),

Published in Le Charivari, May 13, 1854

Honoré Daumier, 1808–1879; born Valmondois, France; died Marseille, France
Printed by Pierre Louis Hippolyte Destouches, French, active 1853–1869
Published by Maison Martinet, French, active 1870–1880s
x1935-1623 b

Information

Title
Le Jardin des Plantes à Pékin—Les Chinois admirant beaucoup un quadrupéd de France et un bipède du même pays. . . . (The Botanic Garden at Peking—The Chinese admire a quadruped from France and a biped from the same country. . . . )
Dates

Published in Le Charivari, May 13, 1854

Maker
Honoré Daumier
Printed by Pierre Louis Hippolyte Destouches
Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

image: 20.5 x 24 cm. (8 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 25 x 26.6 cm (9 13/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
mount: 38.8 x 28 cm. (15 1/4 x 11 in.)

Object Number
x1935-1623 b
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Inscription

Printed above stone, upper margin: ACTUALITÉS

Numbered in stone above image, upper right: 48

Inscribed in stone below image, lower left: [illegible] Destouche s, 28, r Paradis Pre. Paris.

Inscribed in stone below image, lower right: Maison Martinent, 116, r. de Rivoli et 41 r. Vivienne

Printed below image, lower margin from left to right: Le Jardin des Plates à Pékin / Les Chinois admirant beaucoup un quadruped de France et un bipéde du mêine pays …

Marks/Labels/Seals

Dated in graphite by unknown hand, lower right corner: 1814

Reference Numbers
Delteil 2579; Hazard and Delteil 3579
Culture
French
Type
prints, lithographs
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
lithography, mounting
Subject
pigs, men, figures (representations), Chinese

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