Les Écuries d'Augias
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Honoré Daumier (Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France). Les Écuries d'Augias, September 25, 1842. Lithograph on wove paper, Image: 10 3/4 x 8 3/16 in. (27.3 x 20.8 cm) Sheet: 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (33.7 x 26 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 39.543. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Artist
Title
Les Écuries d'Augias
Date
September 25, 1842
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Lithograph on wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/4 x 8 3/16 in. (27.3 x 20.8 cm) Sheet: 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (33.7 x 26 cm)
Signatures
Signed, lower right in stone: "h.D."
Inscriptions
Top center above image: "HISTOIRE ANCIENNE."; top right above image: "26"; lower center in stone: "413" (stone number); lower left below image: "Chez Bauger R. du Croissant 16."; lower center below image: "Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse"; lower right below image: "Imp. d'Aubert & Cie."; lower center below image: "LES ÉCURIES D'AUGIAS./Se faire recureur, pour un héros superbe,/C'est par Hercule, un goût difficile à chanter./Mais comme le dit un proverbe:/D'ÉGOUTS et des couleurs on ne peut disputer./Calembourg inédit de Mr. Delessert."
Credit Line
Carll H. de Silver Fund
Accession Number
39.543
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