Mossieu Guguste and Mam Wanted to Go to Bed and Were Sleepy and...(Mossieu Guguste et ma maman y voulaient faire dodo, y-z-avaient sommeil et...)

Honoré Daumier

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Honoré Daumier (Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France). Mossieu Guguste and Mam Wanted to Go to Bed and Were Sleepy and...(Mossieu Guguste et ma maman y voulaient faire dodo, y-z-avaient sommeil et...), July 1, 1838. Lithograph on newsprint, Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 13/16 in. (25.1 x 35.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel, 1996.225.104. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

European Art

Title

Mossieu Guguste and Mam Wanted to Go to Bed and Were Sleepy and...(Mossieu Guguste et ma maman y voulaient faire dodo, y-z-avaient sommeil et...)

Date

July 1, 1838

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Lithograph on newsprint

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 13/16 in. (25.1 x 35.1 cm)

Signatures

Signed in the stone lower left: "h.D."

Inscriptions

Top right above image: "CROQUIS D'EXPRESSIONS, No. 17"; lower left below image: "Chez Aubert gal vero-dodac."; lower right: "Imp. d'Aubert et Cie"; lower center below image: "Mossieu Guguste et ma maman y voulaient faire dodo, y-z-avaient sommeil et. … et…. et/y m’ont dit comme ça……. va zouer dans le zardin, et moi….et moi….z’ai pas fait de bruit et z’ai été zouer."; recto lower right in graphite: "100/L.D. 483"; verso lower right in graphite: "1996.225.104"

Credit Line

Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel

Accession Number

1996.225.104

Have information?

Have information about an artwork? Contact us at

bkmcollections@brooklynmuseum.org.