Honoré Daumier
A fashionable dresscoat. – Monsieur, I assure you that this suit is very becoming!…. – Yes, both becoming and economical…. with a jacket like this, one could very well answer the door and be taken for one’s own servant!
1844
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Honoré Daumier
A fashionable dresscoat. – Monsieur, I assure you that this suit is very becoming!…. – Yes, both becoming and economical…. with a jacket like this, one could very well answer the door and be taken for one’s own servant!
1844
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 365 × 250 mm. (14 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Hoff, Hyndman, Pennsylvania, in Memory of William L. Hoff
Object Number
1989.723
Published in Le Charivari, August 28, 1845.
Inscribed: FACE (in image): 'Un habit à la mode'; '-Monsieur je vous jure que cet habit avantage beaucoup!... -Oui c'est avantageux et économique... avec une veste pareille on peut très bien aller ouvrir la porte quand on sonne, et se faire passer pour son propre domestique!..'; (in graphite): BE, at left, 'D1156', at center, '114-C-117 C $6.-', at right 'L O 1156'
