When One's Portrait Is Exhibited at the Salon (Quand on a son portrait au salon)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Honoré Daumier (Marseille, France, 1808–1879, Valmondois, France). When One's Portrait Is Exhibited at the Salon (Quand on a son portrait au salon), April 26, 1845. Lithograph on newsprint, Sheet: 13 7/16 x 19 7/8 in. (34.1 x 50.5 cm) Image: 9 3/4 x 9 in. (24.8 x 22.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Sydel Solomon, 65.265.16. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Artist
Title
When One's Portrait Is Exhibited at the Salon (Quand on a son portrait au salon)
Date
April 26, 1845
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 7/16 x 19 7/8 in. (34.1 x 50.5 cm) Image: 9 3/4 x 9 in. (24.8 x 22.9 cm)
Signatures
Unsigned
Inscriptions
Top center above image: "LES BEAUX JOURS DE LA VIE."; upper right above image: "No 39"; bottom center in block: "756"; lower left below image: "Chez Aubert & Cie.Pl. de la Bourse 29."; lower right below image: "Imp. d'Aubert & Cie."; lower center below image: "QUAND ON A SON PORTRAIT AU SALON. - C'est tout d'même flatteur, Eudoxie, d'être exposé comme ça en public et je ne regrette pas les deux cents francs que ça nous a coûté..... voilà un monsieur qui nous regarde, il a l'air de nous trouver bien!.... (Le Rapin) Est-il Dieu permis de se faire peindre, quand on a des balles pareilles."
Credit Line
Gift of Sydel Solomon
Accession Number
65.265.16
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