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For a poor American, please
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Honoré Daumier, Aubert, and others

For a poor American, please

1835

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For a poor American, please

1835

Physical Qualities Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, Image: 217 x 279 mm. (8 9/16 x 11 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 463
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 1996.48.3865
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
The Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, Dec. 3 - Dec. 22, 1959.

Joseph Czestochowski, The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, "William Gropper Retrospective," Sept. 23 - Oct. 24, 1976.

Art and Revolution, second installation, November 2, 1988- January 6, 1989.

Daumier and the Art of Caricature, November 7, 1989- January 14, 1990.

Jay Fisher, BMA, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," 4 February - 9 April 1995.

Inscribed: Inscribed in stone: upper left "La Caricature (Journal) No. 222"; upper right "Pl. 463"; lower left "Au bureau chez Aubert, galérie Véro Dodat"; lower center "Pour un pauvre Américain, s'il vous plait."; lower right "Lith. Delaunois"

Markings: Collector's stamp: verso, in brown ink "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)

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