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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 pencil or charcoal drawing shows two central figures facing each other on a street, one a heavyset man wearing a tall hat and long coat with a prominent belly and a hand tucked into his coat, the other an older woman wearing a hooded shawl and long layered garments, hands clasping a small lantern; both hold long poles with lanterns suspended near the ground. A smaller figure in the background walks away carrying a pole over the shoulder with a lantern hanging from it. The scene is rendered in shaded strokes with crosshatching, and faint building shapes and vertical marks appear behind the figures. The image is framed by a thin border along the top and sides.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B38_062

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53.4Mo (7.7Mo) / 38.9cm x 34.4cm / 4600 x 4061 (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 pencil charcoal drawing two central figures facing street heavyset man wearing tall hat long coat prominent belly hand tucked coat older woman wearing hooded shawl long layered garments hands clasping small lantern hold long poles lanterns suspended near ground smaller figure background walks away carrying pole shoulder lantern hanging scene rendered shaded strokes crosshatching faint building shapes vertical marks figures image framed thin border top sides