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Honoré Daumier
The legislative belly. View of the ministerial benches in the improstituted house of 1834. (Le ventre législatif. Aspect des bancs ministériels de la chambre improstituée de 1834.) (1834)
lithograph on laid paper
28.2 × 43.2 cm (image) 32.0 × 43.5 cm (image and text) 36.9 × 55.5 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1922
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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The legislative belly. View of the ministerial benches in the improstituted house of 1834.
(Le ventre législatif. Aspect des bancs ministériels de la chambre improstituée de 1834.)
(1834)
no. 18 from l'Association mensuelle (Janvier 1834) (The Monthly Association (January 1834)) series
Medium
lithograph on laid paper
Measurements
28.2 × 43.2 cm (image) 32.0 × 43.5 cm (image and text) 36.9 × 55.5 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1922
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 131 i/i
Edition
only state
Printing/Publishing
printed by de Bequet, Paris; published by Chez Aubert, Paris
Inscription
printed in ink u.l.: 18e (. under e) Dessin de l'association mensuelle (mois de Janvier)
printed in ink l.l.: Chez Aubert, galerie vero dodat
printed (diagonally) in image l.r.: h.Daumier
printed l.r.: L. de Becquet, rue furstemberg6.
Accession Number
1238D-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Law, Civics and Protest
Subjects (specific)
benches (furniture) caricatures members of Parliament men (male humans) parliament buildings parliaments (legislative bodies)