When we do not want to see the dawn rise, we do not care about a neighbor like that!, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
Artwork Details
- Title: When we do not want to see the dawn rise, we do not care about a neighbor like that!, from "Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals"
- Series/Portfolio: Scenes de la Vie Privèe et Publique des Animaux
- Illustrator: J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves)
- Engraver: Louis-Henri Brevière (French, Forges-les-Eaux 1797–1869 Hyers)
- Author: Honoré de Balzac (French, Tours 1799–1850 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1842
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 10 5/16 × 7 1/4 in. (26.2 × 18.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.500.592(16)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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