Des papillons !!! . . . cela me rapelle ma jeunesse! . . . (Butterflies, It reminds me of my youth!)
Des papillons !!! . . . cela me rapelle ma jeunesse! . . . (Butterflies, It reminds me of my youth!)

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Des papillons !!! . . . cela me rapelle ma jeunesse! . . . (Butterflies, It reminds me of my youth!),

published in Le Charivari, April 3, 1856

Honoré Daumier, 1808–1879; born Valmondois, France; died Marseille, France
x1935-1623 g

Information

Title
Des papillons !!! . . . cela me rapelle ma jeunesse! . . . (Butterflies, It reminds me of my youth!)
Dates

published in Le Charivari, April 3, 1856

Maker
Honoré Daumier
Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

image: 20.5 x 26 cm. (8 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
sheet: 24.6 x 36 cm (9 11/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Object Number
x1935-1623 g
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Inscription

Lettered and numbered above stone, upper center and right: ACTUALITÉS / 289

Signed with initials in stone, lower left corner: hD.

Numbered in stone, lower right corner: 892

Publisher and printer below stone, lower left and right: Maison Martinet, 146, r. Rivoli, et 41, r. Vivienne. / Lith Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre. Paris.

Captioned in lower margin: — Des papillons !!! . . . . cela me ... devant votre fils! . . . . . .

Reference Numbers
Delteil 2757; Hazard and Delteil 3657
Culture
European, French
Type
prints, lithographs
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
lithography
Subject
boys, satire, men, figures (representations), women, butterflies

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