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The Toll – Already Past!

Edmond Adolphe Rudaux

The Toll – Already Past!

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The Toll – Already Past!

Edmond Adolphe Rudaux

The Toll – Already Past!

Edmond Adolphe Rudaux

The Toll – Already Past!

n.d.

Physical Qualities Etching, 240 × 334 mm. (9 7/16 × 13 1/8 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 1996.48.3078
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

Markings: None

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BY SAME ARTIST
PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
PEASANT AND HUNTER
Edmond Adolphe Rudaux
Peasant and Hunter
n.d.
YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE ME, I AM GOING TO DINE. ... BY THE WAY, HAVE YOU HAD YOUR DINNER ALREADY? - NO, NOT YET. - WELL, WELL, I'LL HAVE MINE BEFORE YOU THEN. GOODBYE.
Honoré Daumier and Charivari
You have to excuse me, I am going to dine. ... by the way, have you had your dinner already? - no, not yet. - Well, well, I'll have mine before you then. Goodbye.
1852
VERY STRONG ON THE LINE!
Edmond Adolphe Rudaux and Veuve A. Cadart
Very Strong on the Line!
n.d.
I HAVE ALREADY FORBIDDEN YOU TO CALL ME MASTER..... WHY DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS!.... YOU ANIMAL!
Honoré Daumier
I have already forbidden you to call me Master..... why don't you understand that all men are brothers!.... you animal!
1844
Hunter Talking to a Seated Peasant Girl
Edmond Adolphe Rudaux
Hunter Talking to a Seated Peasant Girl
n.d.
THE LAST DAY FOR ENTERING PAINTINGS. - GOOD GRIEF! WE'VE ALREADY ARRIVED AND MY PAINTING IS NOT YET FINISHED.... HOW ANNOYING THAT I HIRED MY PORTER BY THE DISTANCE, I SHOULD HAVE PAID HIM BY THE HOUR.
Honoré Daumier
The last day for entering paintings. - Good grief! We've already arrived and my painting is not yet finished.... how annoying that I hired my porter by the distance, I should have paid him by the hour.
1846
Hunter Talking to a Seated Peasant Girl
Edmond Adolphe Rudaux
Hunter Talking to a Seated Peasant Girl
n.d.
COME ON YOU SCOUNDREL, COME ON! - JUST YOU WAIT, YOU CROOK! - OH COME ON ALFRED, AFTER ALL YOU KNOW EACH OTHER ALREADY FOR SOME TWENTY YEARS! WHEN YOU ARE FRIENDS, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU ARE NOT FRIENDS.
Honoré Daumier
Come on you scoundrel, come on! - Just you wait, you crook! - Oh come on Alfred, after all you know each other already for some twenty years! When you are friends, it's different than when you are not friends.
1874
WOMAN AT A FOUNTAIN
Edmond Adolphe Rudaux
Woman at a Fountain
n.d.
AH, MADAME, YOUR ACTING OF MARIVAUX WAS SUBLIME. WHAT LUCK THAT MADEMOISELLE MARS IS DEAD ALREADY… FOR IF SHE HAD SEEN YOUR ACTING TONIGHT, SHE WOULD HAVE DIED OF JEALOUSY! (THE LADY FINDS HIS EULOGY A BIT COLD.)
Honoré Daumier
Ah, Madame, your acting of Marivaux was sublime. What luck that Mademoiselle Mars is dead already… for if she had seen your acting tonight, she would have died of jealousy! (The lady finds his eulogy a bit cold.)
1858
WOMAN AT A FOUNTAIN
Edmond Adolphe Rudaux
Woman at a Fountain
n.d.
HERE IS YOUR ACCOUNT: I OWED YOU 150'000 FRANCS; I ALREADY HAVE GIVEN YOU A DOWNPAYMENT OF 100 FRANCS, PLUS ANOTHER 50 FRANCS LATER, WHICH MAKES THE TOTAL 150 FRANCS. I NOW GIVE YOU ANOTHER 1'000 FRANCS, WHICH BRINGS THE TOTAL TO 150'000. PLEASE BE SO KIND TO SIGN THAT WE ARE EVEN NOW.
Honoré Daumier
Here is your account: I owed you 150'000 Francs; I already have given you a downpayment of 100 Francs, plus another 50 Francs later, which makes the total 150 Francs. I now give you another 1'000 Francs, which brings the total to 150'000. Please be so kind to sign that we are even now.
1843