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"Beautiful heads, he said; but no brains at all" ("Belles têtes, dit-il; mais de cervelle point.") 1834
lithograph
23.4 × 18.4 cm (image) 35.1 × 26.3 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Nicholas Draffin, 1995
Public domain
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"Beautiful heads, he said; but no brains at all"
("Belles têtes, dit-il; mais de cervelle point.")
1834
plate 374 from La Caricature, no. 177, 27 March 1834
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
23.4 × 18.4 cm (image) 35.1 × 26.3 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Nicholas Draffin, 1995
Public domain
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
France
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: hwToine (...illeg)
printed in ink below image l.c.: "Belles têtes, dit-il; mais de cervelle point." / (Lafontaine.)
printed in ink above image u.l.: La Caricature (Journal) No (o in superscript above . ) 177
printed in ink above image u.r.: Pl. 374
printed in ink below image l.l.: t, galerie vero dodat.
printed in ink below image l.r.: L. de Renard.
Accession Number
1995.695
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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