Le nouveau costume des cochers turcs à Constantinople. Ni hommes, ni femmes, tous eunuques! (Extrait de la nouvelle ordonnance)
Lithograph
1860 (published)
1860 (published)
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Lithograph caricature depicting coachmen in Turkey, inferring that, by a new statute, they are neither male, nor female, but eunuchs. Signed 'hD'. Lettered with title and 'mon Martinet, 172, r.Rivoli et 41, r.Vivienne. Lith. Destouches, 28, r.Paradis Pre Paris'. Numbered 109 and stamped in blue ink with the letter 'D'.
Object details
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| Title | Le nouveau costume des cochers turcs à Constantinople. Ni hommes, ni femmes, tous eunuques! (Extrait de la nouvelle ordonnance) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph |
| Brief description | Lithograph caricature by Honoré Daumier entitled 'Le nouveau costume des cochers turcs à Constantinople. Ni hommes, ni femmes, tous eunuques!', plate 129 of the series 'Actualités', published in Le Charivari, 26 January, 1860, and republished in Album des Charges du Jour,Paris, 1860. |
| Physical description | Lithograph caricature depicting coachmen in Turkey, inferring that, by a new statute, they are neither male, nor female, but eunuchs. Signed 'hD'. Lettered with title and 'mon Martinet, 172, r.Rivoli et 41, r.Vivienne. Lith. Destouches, 28, r.Paradis Pre Paris'. Numbered 109 and stamped in blue ink with the letter 'D'. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
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| Accession number | SP.187 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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