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Telemachuis Ravaged by Love.
Despite his Mentor growling incessantly
He gathered every morning
The most brilliant flowers for his tender mistress,
Flowers with which the pungent hussy
Adorned her satin throat.
(Cigarette by Mr. Alfred de Musset). (Télémaque ravagé par l'amour), number 27 from the series Ancient History (Histoire Ancienne)

Telemachuis Ravaged by Love. Despite his Mentor growling incessantly He gathered every morning The most brilliant flowers for his tender mistress, Flowers with which the pungent hussy Adorned her satin throat. (Cigarette by Mr. Alfred de Musset). (Télémaque ravagé par l'amour), number 27 from the series Ancient History (Histoire Ancienne)

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Honoré Daumier

Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Title
Telemachuis Ravaged by Love. Despite his Mentor growling incessantly He gathered every morning The most brilliant flowers for his tender mistress, Flowers with which the pungent hussy Adorned her satin throat. (Cigarette by Mr. Alfred de Musset). (Télémaque ravagé par l'amour), number 27 from the series Ancient History (Histoire Ancienne)
Date
1842
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
9 7/8 x 8 13/16 in. Image
Credit
Gift of Helen Wurdemann
Accession No.
1977.362
Classification
Prints
Geography
France

Related

To 1977, collection of Helen Wurdemann [married name Guzzardi] (Los Angeles); December 1977, gifted to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Delteil, Loys. "Le peintre-graveur illustré, vol. XX-XXIX." Paris, 1906-1926. no. 951
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Daumier Lithographs: The Human Comedy." Madison, WI: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1985. p. 14, cat. no. 6

  • Daumier Lithographs: The Human Comedy: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/27/1985–6/23/1985

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