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
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
European, French
Type
prints, lithographs
Materials
lithographic ink
Techniques
lithography
Subject
elderly, murders, satire, cliffs, men, figures (representations), Greek mythology

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