Charles Émile Jacque and Alfred Salmon
La Souricière
1859
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 175 x 202 mm. (6 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
Plate: 126 x 166 mm. (4 15/16 x 6 9/16 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
1996.48.17422
Guiffrey describes the second state as printed by Delâtre for the Gazette des Beaux-Arts; he does not describe this state printed by Salmon.
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: Signed and dated in plate: lower left "Ch. Jacque 1860" Inscribed in plate: lower center "Ce spectacle effrayant doit apprendre aux gloutons. / à mettre en leurs plaisirs un peu plus de prudence.", "à table comme au lit au lit comme à la danse. / s'ils redoutent le sort de ces pauvres ratons."; bottom right "Imp. A. Salmon, Paris"
Markings: None
