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Not bad, not bad at all the lady over there.... I wonder if she is alone... What rakes we are!, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, September 8, 1864

Printer Destouches French
Publisher Aaron Martinet French
September 8, 1864
Not on view
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  • Title: Not bad, not bad at all the lady over there.... I wonder if she is alone... What rakes we are!, from 'Parisian sketches,' published in Le Charivari, September 8, 1864
  • Series/Portfolio: 'Parisian sketches' (Croquis Parisiens)
  • Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
  • Printer: Destouches (Paris)
  • Publisher: Aaron Martinet (French, 1762–1841)
  • Date: September 8, 1864
  • Medium: Lithograph on newsprint
  • Dimensions: Image: 9 1/2 in. × 9 in. (24.1 × 22.9 cm)
    Sheet: 11 5/8 × 11 7/8 in. (29.5 × 30.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.650.485
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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