Monsieur Mimi Coquet, Milliner and Philanthropist...(Monsieur Mimi Coquet, modiste et philantrope...)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Honoré Daumier (Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France). Monsieur Mimi Coquet, Milliner and Philanthropist...(Monsieur Mimi Coquet, modiste et philantrope...), March 28, 1845. Lithograph on newsprint, Sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 in. (35.2 x 25.4 cm) Image: 9 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.2 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel, 1996.225.21. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Artist
Title
Monsieur Mimi Coquet, Milliner and Philanthropist...(Monsieur Mimi Coquet, modiste et philantrope...)
Date
March 28, 1845
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 in. (35.2 x 25.4 cm) Image: 9 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.2 x 19.1 cm)
Signatures
Lower left in the stone: "h.D."
Inscriptions
Top center above image: "LES PHILANTROPES DU JOUR."; top right above image: "31."; lower left in block: "742"; lower left below image: "Chez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse 29."; lower right below image: "Imp. d'Aubert & Cie."; lower center below image: "Monsieur Mimi Coquet, modiste et philantrope, afin d'éviter aux jeunes filles les dangers qu'elles/ peuvent courir en portant un carton à chapeau sur les trottoirs, les met sur le pavé."
Credit Line
Gift of Shelley and David Garfinkel
Accession Number
1996.225.21
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