Honoré DAUMIER
Musicians playing for about twelve hours at a fixed price, and not requesting a salary increase. The director of the opera considers making them an offer
(Musiciens jouant pendant douze heures consécutives à prix fixe, et ne demandant pas d'augmentation d'appointements. Le directeur de l'Opéra, songe à leur faire des propositions)
(1865)
plate from the Souvenirs de la fête de Saint-Cloud (Memories of the festival of Saint-Cloud) series

Medium
gillotype on brown paper

Measurements
15.8 × 24.6 cm (image) 19.2 × 24.6 cm (image and text) 22.3 × 31.1 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1930

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 3378 ii/iii

Edition
2nd of 3 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: GILLOT SC

Accession Number
4351-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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