Inglorious Artists
  1. A black and white illustration depicting a scene on a street during the July Monarchy era. The image includes a painter with a smock and palette, standing on a ladder near a storefront sign titled "MERCE DEPICERIES." There are also children, a woman in bourgeois outfit, other bystanders, and additional ladders and mahlsticks visible in the scene.
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Désillusion! Et dire que j'ai passé quinze ans de ma vie à copier la jambe de l'Apollon du belveder pour arriver à peindre un pain de sucre sur l'enseigne d'un épicier!... J'espérais grimper autrement au sommet de l'échelle sociale…

Creator

Artist: Honoré Daumier
Printer: Aubert
Publisher: Aubert, Pannier & Cie

Abstract

This is a digital photograph of an original print held by the Daumier Register. The original is a lithograph. Printed by Aubert. Published by Aubert.

Description

No description available

Subjects

Art -- Economic aspects -- France -- History -- 19th century
Caricatures and cartoons -- France -- History -- 19th century

Tags

Bourgeois (Outfit), Children, July Monarchy, Ladders, Mahlsticks, Outfits, Painters (Artists), Paintings, Palettes, Signs (Notices), Smocks, Storefronts, Stores & Shops, Streets, Women

Rights

No Copyright - United States

Access Rights

For any commercial use of this image, please contact the Daumier Register.

Location

Extent

19.3cm by 23.7cm

Note

Call number (cote): 999