Terms and conditions of use
My wife has been a long time at this banquet….It's been the best part of forty-eight hours
(Ma femme reste bien long-temps à ce banquet..... voilà bientôt quarante huit heures qu'elle est partie!)
(1849)
plate no. 10 from the Les femmes socialistes (Socialist women) series
Medium
hand-coloured lithograph and gum arabic
Measurements
24.3 × 21.2 cm irreg. (image) 28.4 × 21.2 cm (image and text) 32.7 × 23.1 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1930
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
In plate ten from his Socialist Women series, Honoré Daumier depicts the perceived consequences of the rebellion against husbands: children are neglected, and the household falls into disarray while the lonesome husband ponders his wife’s whereabouts.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 1927 ii/ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Printing/Publishing
printed by Aubert & Cie, Paris; published by Aubert, Paris
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: h.D
printed in ink l.l.: Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse.
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 1132
printed in ink l.r.: Imp. Aubert & Cie (. under i)
Accession Number
4317-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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