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Telemachus Interrogated by the Sages. At the sight of these imposing noble blockheads, Telemachus slyly swore to his greatest gods, He would barter his fledgling mustache Against the majesty of their radiant faces. (Fenelon, Book XXIV.). (Télémaque interrogé par les sages. A l'aspect imposant de ces nobles ganaches, Télémaque en finaud jura ses plus grands Dieux, Qu'il voudrait échanger ses naissantes moustaches Contre la majesté de leurs front radieux. (Fénélon, Livre XXIV.)), number 42 from the series Ancient History (Histoire Ancienne)

Telemachus Interrogated by the Sages. At the sight of these imposing noble blockheads, Telemachus slyly swore to his greatest gods, He would barter his fledgling mustache Against the majesty of their radiant faces. (Fenelon, Book XXIV.). (Télémaque interrogé par les sages. A l'aspect imposant de ces nobles ganaches, Télémaque en finaud jura ses plus grands Dieux, Qu'il voudrait échanger ses naissantes moustaches Contre la majesté de leurs front radieux. (Fénélon, Livre XXIV.)), number 42 from the series Ancient History (Histoire Ancienne)

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Honoré Daumier

Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Title
Telemachus Interrogated by the Sages. At the sight of these imposing noble blockheads, Telemachus slyly swore to his greatest gods, He would barter his fledgling mustache Against the majesty of their radiant faces. (Fenelon, Book XXIV.). (Télémaque interrogé par les sages. A l'aspect imposant de ces nobles ganaches, Télémaque en finaud jura ses plus grands Dieux, Qu'il voudrait échanger ses naissantes moustaches Contre la majesté de leurs front radieux. (Fénélon, Livre XXIV.)), number 42 from the series Ancient History (Histoire Ancienne)
Date
1842
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
9 3/4 x 8 3/16 in. Image
Credit
Gift of Helen Wurdemann
Accession No.
1977.365
Classification
Prints
Geography
France

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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. 966

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