The Lighter (L'Allumeur de Chalands)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Honoré Daumier (Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France). The Lighter (L'Allumeur de Chalands), December 9, 1841. Lithograph on newsprint, Sheet: 14 x 9 5/8 in. (35.5 x 24.5 cm) Image: 9 3/16 x 7 1/16 in. (23.3 x 18 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel, 1996.225.13. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Artist
Title
The Lighter (L'Allumeur de Chalands)
Date
December 9, 1841
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 x 9 5/8 in. (35.5 x 24.5 cm) Image: 9 3/16 x 7 1/16 in. (23.3 x 18 cm)
Signatures
Lower left in the stone: "h.D."
Inscriptions
Top right above image: "7."; lower right in block: "312"; lower left below image: "Chez Bauger & Cie Edr. R. du Croissant 16."; lower right below image: " Imp. d'Aubert & Cie."; lower center below image: "L'ALLUMEUR DE CHALANDS. Du mot allume! (inspecte, guette, dictionnaire du floueur.) Ce personnage sous la figure d'un simple flaneur se/consacre au commerce des chaînes de sureté, des bijoux en or controlés; des porte-crayons d'argent et d'autres embarras de la/voie public, il flaire le sergent de ville; et dès que la sureté des chaînes est compromise, il file avec le magasin."
Credit Line
Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel
Accession Number
1996.225.13
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