La Fourmi
Print
1837 (made)
1837 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Hand coloured lithograph print by Honorè Daumier depicting a dishevelled looking elderly man in a long trenchcoat and top hat, walking down a windy street, with an umbrella under his left arm and a large crowd of people gathering by the bank 'Caisse D'Epargne' behind him.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | La Fourmi (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand coloured lithograph print |
| Brief description | Lithograph print entitled "La Fourmi" by Honoré Daumier, No. 1 of the series "Cours d'Histoire Naturelle", French, 1837 |
| Physical description | Hand coloured lithograph print by Honorè Daumier depicting a dishevelled looking elderly man in a long trenchcoat and top hat, walking down a windy street, with an umbrella under his left arm and a large crowd of people gathering by the bank 'Caisse D'Epargne' behind him. |
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| Content description | Building in the background of print has the words "Caisse D'Epargne" written on it which is a semi-cooperative banking group founded in 1818 in France |
| Marks and inscriptions | Text in french underneath the illustration; see image in CMS
Inscriptions also include: artist initials, title, publiser, printer and publication (Top centre: “Cours d'Historie Naturelle, No. 1”
Print on the bottom left: "H Daumier"
At lower left: “ `a Paris, Chez Dupin, Galerie Colbert”
At lower right: “Im. de Lamercier Benard et Cie”
Bottom centre: “La Fourmi”) |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Departmental Circulation Register 1948 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.303-1948 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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