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Mr. Babinet decides to extinguish the sun himself so that his predictions will come true. (Mr. Babinet se décidant à aller éteindre lui-même le soleil pour ne pas faire mentir sa prédiction.), number 386 from the series News (Actualités)

Mr. Babinet decides to extinguish the sun himself so that his predictions will come true. (Mr. Babinet se décidant à aller éteindre lui-même le soleil pour ne pas faire mentir sa prédiction.), number 386 from the series News (Actualités)

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Honoré Daumier

Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Title
Mr. Babinet decides to extinguish the sun himself so that his predictions will come true. (Mr. Babinet se décidant à aller éteindre lui-même le soleil pour ne pas faire mentir sa prédiction.), number 386 from the series News (Actualités)
Date
1857
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
8 1/8 x 10 3/8 in. Image
Credit
Gift of Helen Wurdemann
Accession No.
1985.73
Classification
Prints
Geography
France

Related

To 1985, collection of Helen Wurdemann [married name Guzzardi] (Los Angeles); March 1985, gifted to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Delteil, Loys. "Le peintre-graveur illustré, vol. XX-XXIX." Paris, 1906-1926. no. 2939

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