Honoré Daumier
An Alibi. – I’m telling you I saw Bonaparte at the Hippodrome. – But that’s impossible because I just heard him at the National Assembly. – You’re both wrong, because I just passed Place Vendôme a minute ago, and he was on the column.
1847
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Honoré Daumier
An Alibi. – I’m telling you I saw Bonaparte at the Hippodrome. – But that’s impossible because I just heard him at the National Assembly. – You’re both wrong, because I just passed Place Vendôme a minute ago, and he was on the column.
1847
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 370 × 260 mm. (14 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Hoff, Hyndman, Pennsylvania, in Memory of William L. Hoff
Object Number
1989.729
Published in Le Charivari, June 9, 1848.
Inscribed: FACE (in image): '-Je vous dis que j'ai vu Bonaparte à l'Hippodrôme. -Mais c'est impossible puisque je viens de l'entrndre à l'Assemblée Nationale. -Vous êtes tous les deux dans votre tort, car je viens à l'instant de passer la place vendôme et il était sur la colonne.'; (in graphite): c., '27-C-1750 $8.-', l., 'D 1750'
