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Vignette from “The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured”

Victor-Jean Adam, Lemercier, and others

Vignette from “The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured”

c. 1830s

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Vignette from “The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured”

Victor-Jean Adam, Lemercier, and others

Vignette from “The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured”

Vignette from “The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured”

c. 1830s

Physical Qualities Chalk lithograph, 206 × 94 mm. (8 1/8 × 3 11/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
Credit Line Gift of John M. Glenn
Object Number 1945.79.5
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1945; John Glenn

Inscribed: lower left in stone: "V. Adam del"

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VIGNETTE FROM "THE VARIOUS PLEASURES OF EQUITATION ILLUSTRATED IN TWENTY-TWO SKETCHES WHICH ALL SHOW HORSEMEN BEING INJURED"
Victor-Jean Adam, Lemercier, and others
Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
c. 1830s
VIGNETTE FROM "THE VARIOUS PLEASURES OF EQUITATION ILLUSTRATED IN TWENTY-TWO SKETCHES WHICH ALL SHOW HORSEMEN BEING INJURED"
Victor-Jean Adam, Lemercier, and others
Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
c. 1830s
VIGNETTE FROM "THE VARIOUS PLEASURES OF EQUITATION ILLUSTRATED IN TWENTY-TWO SKETCHES WHICH ALL SHOW HORSEMEN BEING INJURED"
Victor-Jean Adam, Lemercier, and others
Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
c. 1830s
VIGNETTE FROM "THE VARIOUS PLEASURES OF EQUITATION ILLUSTRATED IN TWENTY-TWO SKETCHES WHICH ALL SHOW HORSEMEN BEING INJURED"
Victor-Jean Adam, Lemercier, and others
Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
c. 1830s
VIGNETTE FROM "THE VARIOUS PLEASURES OF EQUITATION ILLUSTRATED IN TWENTY-TWO SKETCHES WHICH ALL SHOW HORSEMEN BEING INJURED"
Victor-Jean Adam, Lemercier, and others
Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
c. 1830s
VIGNETTE FROM "THE VARIOUS PLEASURES OF EQUITATION ILLUSTRATED IN TWENTY-TWO SKETCHES WHICH ALL SHOW HORSEMEN BEING INJURED"
Victor-Jean Adam, Lemercier, and others
Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
c. 1830s
CANOT INDIAN
Victor-Jean Adam, Moritz Rugendas, and others
Canot Indian
1827-1835
PREPARING FOR THE BACCALAUREATE. - THERE ARE TWO WAYS IN WHICH YOU MIGHT PASS YOUR EXAMS: THE FIRST WAY IS TO LET SOMEONE ELSE TAKE YOUR PLACE; THE SECOND IS TO TAKE THEM YOURSELF. - I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THEM MYSELF. - VERY GOOD!... DO YOU KNOW GREEK? - NO. - LATIN? - NONE THE MORE. - EXCELLENT!... DO YOU KNOW YOUR MATH? - NOT AT ALL. - WHAT DO YOU KNOW THEN? - NOTHING. - BUT YOU'VE 200 FRANCS? - OF COURSE! - SPLENDID... YOU'LL BE PASSED NEXT T
Honoré Daumier
Preparing for the baccalaureate. - There are two ways in which you might pass your exams: the first way is to let someone else take your place; the second is to take them yourself. - I would like to take them myself. - Very good!... Do you know Greek? - No. - Latin? - None the more. - Excellent!... Do you know your Math? - Not at all. - What do you know then? - Nothing. - But you've 200 francs? - Of course! - Splendid... You'll be passed next Thursday. - You mean you're going to prepare me in eight days? - What do you think!!!!... It's true that I've taken on the responsibility for your success, but for teaching you... Oh no! Certainly not!!
1837
COURS DE LA DURALLE ET DE LA ROUTE DU CORDON À THIERS, AUVERGNE
Jean Louis Tirpenne, Victor-Jean Adam, and others
Cours de la Duralle et de la route du Cordon à Thiers, Auvergne
1830
STOCKHOLDERS' ASSEMBLY. GENTLEMEN, THE MONARCHIST NEWSPAPER WHICH I HAD THE HONOR OF FOUNDING WITH THE HELP OF YOUR CAPITAL AND MY ABILITIES SURPASSED MY WILDEST EXPECTATIONS AND HOPES… IT LIVED TWO MONTHS, DEVOURED ONLY THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS, AND IN ORDER TO HAVE IT REAPPEAR ALL WE NEED IS A SMALL PAYMENT FROM YOUR SIDE… BERTRAND, SEE THE GENTLEMEN TO THE CASHIER.
Honoré Daumier
Stockholders' assembly. Gentlemen, the monarchist newspaper which I had the honor of founding with the help of your capital and my abilities surpassed my wildest expectations and hopes… it lived two months, devoured only three hundred thousand francs, and in order to have it reappear all we need is a small payment from your side… Bertrand, see the gentlemen to the cashier.
1836
MICHALLON (ACHILLE ETNA), NÉ À PARIS LE 22 8BRE. 1796, MORT LE 24 7BRE.
Victor-Jean Adam and Godefroy Engelmann
Michallon (Achille Etna), né à Paris le 22 8bre. 1796, mort le 24 7bre.
c. 1822
THE PASSPORT. THE FOREIGNER WHO VISITS CHINA IS SUBJECT TO AN INDISPENSABLE FORMALITY. HE RECEIVES A SCRAP OF PAPER ON WHICH HE WRITES THE AGE HE WISHES TO REVEAL, THE PROFESSION THAT HE IS SAID TO PERFORM AND THE PLACE THAT HE WISHES TO GIVE AS HIS BIRTHPLACE. ALL THIS IS FOLLOWED BY A DESCRIPTION WHICH IS SO INDISTINCT THAT IT APPLIES TO EVERYBODY. AFTER WHICH, BY MEANS OF TWO FRANCS, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS DEEMED TO GUARANTEE HIM AID AND AS
Honoré Daumier
The Passport. The foreigner who visits China is subject to an indispensable formality. He receives a scrap of paper on which he writes the age he wishes to reveal, the profession that he is said to perform and the place that he wishes to give as his birthplace. All this is followed by a description which is so indistinct that it applies to everybody. After which, by means of two Francs, the Chinese Government is deemed to guarantee him aid and assistance for one year
1844