My God! Monseigneur, I am forced to leave for the countryside, allow me to leave my wife behind to keep you company

1837

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Honoré Daumier

My God! Monseigneur, I am forced to leave for the countryside, allow me to leave my wife behind to keep you company

Honoré Daumier

My God! Monseigneur, I am forced to leave for the countryside, allow me to leave my wife behind to keep you company

1837

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with hand coloring, Sheet: 212 × 249 mm. (8 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

Portfolio/Series Plate 40 from the series "Caricaturana"

Credit Line Given in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children

Object Number 1963.109.23

Artist

Honoré Daumier

French, 1808-1879

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