The Mud Lark (Le Ravageur)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Honoré Daumier (Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France). The Mud Lark (Le Ravageur), January 9, 1842. Lithograph on newsprint, Sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 in. (34.9 x 25.4 cm) Image: 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (23.5 x 18.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel, 1996.225.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Gallery
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Artist
Title
The Mud Lark (Le Ravageur)
Date
January 9, 1842
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 in. (34.9 x 25.4 cm) Image: 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (23.5 x 18.4 cm)
Signatures
Lower left in the stone: "h.D."
Inscriptions
Top center above image: "BOHÉMIENS DE PARIS"; upper right: "14"; lower right in block: "323"; lower left below image: "Chez Bauger & Cie Edrs. R. du Croissant 16.; lower right below image: "Imp. d'Aubert & Cie."; lower center below image: "LE RAVAGEUR. En v'là, une position sociale! ramasser des épingles, des vieux clous........ et on nous appelle ravageurs: dire qui/en a qui font le métier si grand, qui ravagent le budget, et qui ont des appointements!"
Credit Line
Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel
Accession Number
1996.225.2
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