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Vois-tu? Chicard domine son époque!

Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, Lesauvage, and others

Vois-tu? Chicard domine son époque!

1840

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Vois-tu? Chicard domine son époque!

Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, Lesauvage, and others

Vois-tu? Chicard domine son époque!

Vois-tu? Chicard domine son époque!

1840

Physical Qualities Softground etching, Sheet: 235 x 174 mm. (9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.) Image: 185 x 132 mm. (7 5/16 x 5 3/16 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 1996.48.7306
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 plate: lower left "Cht." Inscribed in plate: upper right "14"; lower center "Vois-tu? / Chicard domine son Époque!"

Markings: None

Artist

Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet

1791–1844

French, 1792-1845
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Printer

Lesauvage

2000–2000

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Publisher

Blaisot

2000–2000

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LOOK AT THIS FOOL, HE DOESN'T NOTICE THAT HIS BARREL IS LEAKING...
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Vois-tu cet imbécile qui ne s'apperçoit pas que son tonneau fuit.....
1843
CHARLET
Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, Lesauvage, and others
Charlet
2000
OH MY GOD, OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE HAS CAUGHT FIRE! DON'T LOOK, THEODORE, THIS WOULD BE TOO PAINFUL! - NO, NO, IT WAS HE HIMSELF WHO PLACED THREE LITTLE LANTERNS IN HIS WINDOW.
Honoré Daumier
Ah! mon dieu, on a mis le feu à la maison du voisin!..... ne regarde pas, Théodore, ça te ferait trop de mal!..... - Mais non..... c'est lui qui vient d'illuminer sa fenêtre avec trois lampions!....
1847
BOY IN FRONT OF A GROCERY STORE
Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet
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1839–1841
THE DUTIFUL
Guilbaut, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, and others
Les Dévoués
1840
The Prison Cell
Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard
The Prison Cell
19th century
THE BOULES PLAYER
A. Louis, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, and others
The Boules Player
1840
The Dogs before the Prison
Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard
The Dogs before the Prison
19th century
THE SCHOOLBOY
Guilbaut, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, and others
L'Écolier
2000
ESMERALDA IN PRISON
Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard and Luc Olivier Merson
Esmeralda in Prison
19th century