Vois-tu, mon vieux..... relativement à l'Égypte on ne pourra jamais percer l'Isthme de Suez.... si j'étais à la place de Mr. de Lesspes, je sais bien ce que je ferais!....., from Naïvetés, published in Le Charivari, November 23, 1859
Artwork Details
- Title: Vois-tu, mon vieux..... relativement à l'Égypte on ne pourra jamais percer l'Isthme de Suez.... si j'étais à la place de Mr. de Lesspes, je sais bien ce que je ferais!....., from Naïvetés, published in Le Charivari, November 23, 1859
- Series/Portfolio: Naïvetés
- Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
- Printer: Destouches (Paris)
- Publisher: Aaron Martinet (French, 1762–1841)
- Date: November 23, 1859
- Medium: Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil)
- Dimensions: Image: 9 3/16 in. × 8 in. (23.3 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 9 3/4 in. (29.1 × 24.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
- Object Number: 62.650.346
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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