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The essential precaution Parisians take when leaving their homes, Monsieur Prudhomme and an old woman with a lantern and umbrella, Current Affairs, cartoon, Series number, 385, printmaker: Honoré Daumier, Paris, printer (person): Destouches, publisher: Martinet, 1857, printer (person), paper, lithography, height 248 mm x width 271 mm, Print used for: Le Charivari, April 10, 1857. Monsieur Prudhomme is an emblematic, caricatural figure in French literature. The stout, not-too-bright, conformist, and sentimental character represents the bourgeois Parisian., caricatures (human types), lantern, A charcoal sketch of two figures facing each other on a street, one a heavyset man in a top hat and coat holding an umbrella and a lantern, the other a hunched woman wearing a hooded shawl and carrying a lantern, with a third smaller figure in the background also wearing a top hat and carrying a stick and lantern; buildings and indistinct architectural shapes form a faint backdrop and the ground shows shaded pavement.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A93_402

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

48.5Mo (6.5Mo) / 38.7cm x 31.4cm / 4576 x 3704 (300dpi)

Mots clés

essential precaution Parisians take leaving homes Monsieur Prudhomme old woman lantern umbrella Current Affairs cartoon Series number 385 printmaker Honoré Daumier Paris printer person Destouches publisher Martinet 1857 paper lithography height 248 mm x width 271 mm Print Le Charivari April 10 emblematic caricatural figure French literature stout -too-bright conformist sentimental character represents bourgeois Parisian caricatures human types charcoal sketch two figures facing street heavyset man top hat coat holding hunched woman wearing hooded shawl carrying third smaller figure background also wearing stick buildings indistinct architectural shapes form faint backdrop ground shaded pavement