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Jean Gigoux and Benard et Frey

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Jean Gigoux and Benard et Frey

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Physical Qualities Lithograph, Sheet: 250 × 203 mm. (9 13/16 × 8 in.) Image: 132 × 99 mm. (5 3/16 × 3 7/8 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 1996.48.8925
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
Published in L'Artiste

Inscribed: Below the image to the left "Gigoux" Above the image "L'Artiste" Below the image the title & to the right "Lith. de Benard et Frey"

Markings: none

Artist

Jean Gigoux

French, 1806-1894

French, 1806-1894
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Waiting an Answer
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1872
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
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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!
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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!
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MR. VIENNET AT THE ROSTRUM. WHAT DO I SAY! (MR. LABOISSIÈRE, YOU DO SAY THE NICEST THINGS!)…. LET US BE GREEDY... LET US GIVE THE MINISTERS THE FUNDS THAT THEY REQUIRE AND LET'S VOTE FOR REPRESSIVE LAWS. THE PRESENT LEGALITY IS KILLING US ETC. ETC. THE SPEAKER HAS CARRIED ON IN THIS TONE FOR THREE HOURS AND 35 MINUTES AND NO ONE HAS BOTHERED ANSWERING HIM.
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Mr. Viennet at the rostrum. What do I say! (Mr. Laboissière, you do say the nicest things!)…. Let us be greedy... let us give the ministers the funds that they require and let's vote for repressive laws. The present legality is killing us etc. etc. The speaker has carried on in this tone for three hours and 35 minutes and no one has bothered answering him.
1833
Miss Fanny Kemble
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A PROVERB FROM THE PERIOD. / WHAT IS DIOGENES DOING WITH A LANTERN? / THE ELEGANT DANDIES ASK WITH CONCERN. / I AM LOOKING FOR A MAN WITH MY WEAK EYES, / CAN'T FIND HIM. / THEY THOUGHT THIS ANSWER WAS QUITE A SHAME. / (POETICAL ESSAY BY M. DE RAMBUTEAU).
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A Proverb from the period. / What is Diogenes doing with a lantern? / the elegant dandies ask with concern. / I am looking for a man with my weak eyes, / can't find him. / They thought this answer was quite a shame. / (Poetical essay by M. de Rambuteau).
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THE ROSE AND THE BUTTON
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HOW TO BECOME A GREAT MATHEMATICIAN. MONSIEUR MOUTONNET, YOU HAVE MADE YET ANOTHER ERROR IN YOUR CALCULATIONS... COPY OUT FOR ME SIX TIMES THE VERB: I HAVE MADE A MISTAKE IN MY ADDITION! (MR. MOUTONNET, NOW FURIOUS, ANSWERS BACK WITH SOME SIGNS, WHICH REALLY HAVE VERY LITTLE IN COMMON WITH ALGEBRA)
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How to Become a Great Mathematician. Monsieur Moutonnet, you have made yet another error in your calculations... copy out for me six times the verb: I have made a mistake in my addition! (Mr. Moutonnet, now furious, answers back with some signs, which really have very little in common with algebra)
1845