Inscription: At upper left: La Caricature (Journal) No. 201. At upper right: Pl. 421. At lower left: Au bureau, chez Aubert, pass. Véro-Dodat At lower right: Lit: Delaunois, r. due Bouloi, 19. At bottom center: Baissez le rideau, la farce est jouée.
Marking: On verso at left center: The Metropolitan Museum of Art stamp
Louise Seaman Bechtel; Donor: Louise Seaman Bechtel (American)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, MMA," October 1, 1997–January 11, 1998.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection," April 25, 2005–July 24, 2005.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Seurat's Circus Sideshow," February 17–May 29, 2017.
Delteil Daumier I.86; Hazard & Delteil 271
Ann Dumas, Colta Ives, Susan Alyson Stein, Gary Tinterow The Private Collection of Edgar Degas. Ex. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997, fig. no. 70, p. 59, ill.
Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois) Date: July 25, 1843Medium: Lithograph; second state of three (Delteil)Accession: 1989.1070On view in:Not on view
Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois) Date: October 28, 1865Medium: Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil)Accession: 63.527.6On view in:Not on view
Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois) Date: October 16, 1866Medium: Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil)Accession: 36.21.207On view in:Not on view
Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois) Date: November 12, 1866Medium: Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)Accession: 36.21.201On view in:Not on view