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Karl Bodmer

Assemblée de Grands Ducs

1828-1892

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Karl Bodmer

Assemblée de Grands Ducs

Karl Bodmer

Assemblée de Grands Ducs

1828-1892

Physical Qualities Engraving, Plate: 350 × 527 mm. (13 3/4 × 20 3/4 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.11478
Engraving (procédé Comte)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: Within the image below "K. Bodmer" In the lower left corner "Procédé Comte"

Artist

Karl Bodmer

1808–1892

Swiss, 1809-1893
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GRANDS SAUTEURS!
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Grands sauteurs!
1829
SLEEPING CAT
Karl Bodmer
Sleeping Cat
1828–1892
GRANDS SAUTEURS!
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Delaporte, and others
Grands sauteurs!
1829
THE WILD CAT ON THE LOOKOUT
Karl Bodmer
Le Chat sauvage à l'affut
1828–1892
SLEDDING
Edmond Alexandre Morin
Grands Magasins du Louvre: le Traineau
1843–1881
DEER IN THE WOODS
Karl Bodmer
Deer in the Woods
1828–1892
WILLIAM SMITH WITH HIS GRANDSON, JOSIAS CARVIL HALL
Charles Willson Peale and Robert Edge Pine
William Smith with His Grandson, Josias Carvil Hall
1779–1789
HERONS IN THE WOODS
Karl Bodmer
Herons in the Woods
1828–1892
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.
Honoré Daumier
Un Alibi. - Je vous dis que j'ai vu Bonaparte à l'Hippodrôme. - Mais c'est impossible puisque je viens de l'entendre à l'Assemblée Nationale. - Vous êtes tous les deux dans votre tort, car je viens à l'instant de passer place Vendôme et il était sur la colonne.
1847
FLYING BIRDS AT POND
Karl Bodmer
Flying Birds at Pond
1828–1892
TROUVÉ-CHAUVEL. STRICT GUARDIAN OF THE REPUBLIC'S FINANCES, CITIZEN TROUVÉ-CHAUVEL NEVER SEPARATES HIMSELF FROM THE TREASURE, EVEN WHEN HE GOES TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. IT IS TRUE THAT IT IS VERY EASY FOR HIM TO CARRY IT OVER HIS SHOULDER. THIS MINISTER HAS AN OBSESSION, WHICH IS MAKING HIM QUITE UNHAPPY; HE WANTS TO BALANCE REVENUE WITH EXPENDITURE, BUT HE CANNOT FIND THE MEANS TO THIS END.... ALSO, HE DOESN'T LIKE PEOPLE SAYING TO HIM: - HAVE
Honoré Daumier
Troiuvé-Chauvel. Rigide gardien des finances de la République, le citoyen Trouvé-Chauvel ne se sépare jamais du Trésor même quand il se rend à l'Assemblée Nationale, il est vrai qu'il lui est très facile de l'emporter sur son épaule. Ce ministre a une idée fixe, qui le rend malheureux; il veut équilibrer les recettes et les dépenses, mais c'est en vain qu'il cherche ce moyen aussi n'aime-t-il pas qu'on lui dise chaque matin: - l'avez-vous trouvé Chauvel?....
1847