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Un orchestre dans une maison très comme il faut, où l’on se passe la fantaisie de jouer l’opérette. (A chamber group in a genteel household where they fancy themselves performers in an operetta.)
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French 1808–1879)
Portfolio/SeriesNo. 8 from Les Comédiens de société (Society Comedians)
Date1858
MediumLithograph, 3rd of 3 states
DimensionsPlate: 8 1/4 x 10 9/16 in. (21 x 26.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 5/8 in. (25.7 x 37.1 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 5/8 in. (25.7 x 37.1 cm)
Credit LineGiven in memory of Belle and Egon Gartenberg by their children, Valerie Gartenberg Bryant, Vicki Gartenberg Ginsburg, and Andrew Gartenberg
Object number2021.28.33
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameLithograph
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureWestern European
NationalityFrench
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Signedbottom left in plate: h. D
Inscribedbottom center in plate: 169; bottom left: 3038M
Published ReferencesMusical Notes catalogue no. 39, ill. p. 24