To think that one would have been able to build a dozen primary schools with the stone of all these pedestals, from "News of the Day"
Artwork Details
- Title: To think that one would have been able to build a dozen primary schools with the stone of all these pedestals, from "News of the Day"
- Series/Portfolio: News of the Day (Actualités)
- Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
- Printer: Destouches (Paris)
- Publisher: Arnaud de Vresse
- Date: October 19, 1867
- Medium: Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
- Dimensions: Image: 9 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (24.1 × 20 cm)
Sheet: 11 11/16 × 9 7/16 in. (29.7 × 24 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
- Object Number: 36.12.138
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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