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If You Want to Be the Horse…
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Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, François le Villain, and others

If You Want to Be the Horse…

1826

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If You Want to Be the Horse…

Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, François le Villain, and others

If You Want to Be the Horse…

If You Want to Be the Horse…

1826

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 192 x 246 mm. (7 9/16 x 9 11/16 in.) Image: 140 x 170 mm. (5 1/2 x 6 11/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series Plate 4 from the series "Croquis lithographiques à l'usage des enfants"
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 1996.48.7349
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 in stone: lower left "Charlet" Inscribed: upper right "No. 4"; lower center "Si tu veux pas être le cheval chacun mon tour, / faut pas qu't'en jousse!"; lower right "Lith. de Villain"; bottom right "Chez Gihaut frères, Editeurs"

Markings: None

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AN OLD MAN
A. Ledoux and Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet
An Old Man
n.d.
TWO MEN ON HORSEBACK BEFORE AN INN, ONE RECEIVING A DRINK FROM A YOUNG GIRL
Heywood Hardy
Two Men on Horseback Before an Inn, One Receiving a Drink from a Young Girl
n.d.
CHARLET
Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, Lesauvage, and others
Charlet
n.d.
MILITARY CAMP, YOUTH PULLING HORSE ON REIN IN FOREGROUND
Christian Rugendas, Georg Philipp Rugendas I, and others
Military Camp, Youth Pulling Horse on Rein in Foreground
n.d.
BOY IN FRONT OF A GROCERY STORE
Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet
Boy in front of a grocery store
1840-1842
NYMPH RIDING ON A YOUNG CENTAUR (TOP); NUDE WARRIOR ABDUCTING A NYMPH ON HORSEBACK (BOTTOM)
Carl Wilhelm Kolbe I and Gerhard Fleischer
Nymph Riding on a Young Centaur (top); Nude Warrior Abducting a Nymph on Horseback (bottom)
1795-96
THE DUTIFUL
Guilbaut, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, and others
The Dutiful
1841
THE PRESIDENT SHOUTING AT THE TOP OF HER VOICE. LADIES, YOU ARE FROMALLY VIOLATING § 3 OF OUR CONSTITUTION WHICH STATES THAT NO MORE THAN FIVE GRADUATES MAY TALK AT THE SAME TIME... I CALL YOU TO ORDER... SILENCE! WELL, SINCE RINGING MY BELL SEEMS TO HAVE NO EFFECT, I SUSPEND THAT MEETING AND TAKE MY HAT!... NOW YOU CAN ALL DO WHAT YOU WANT!
Honoré Daumier
The President Shouting at the Top of Her Voice. Ladies, you are fromally violating § 3 of our constitution which states that no more than five graduates may talk at the same time... I call you to order... silence! Well, since ringing my bell seems to have no effect, I suspend that meeting and take my hat!... Now you can all do what you want!
1844
THE BOULES PLAYER
A. Louis, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, and others
The Boules Player
1841
YOUNG MAN FORDING A RIVER WITH TWO HORSES
Benjamin West
Young Man Fording a River with Two Horses
c. 1760-1792
THE SCHOOLBOY
Guilbaut, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, and others
The Schoolboy
n.d.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAD FINE HORSES IN THE GERMAN WARS...
Charles Émile Jacque and Aubert & Cie.
As you can see, I had fine horses in the German wars...
1843-1844