Honoré DAUMIER
We smell the goods before we tease them
(On flaire la merchandise… avant de la mecaniser!...)
(1842)
no. 2 from the Les pratiques des marchands de Paris (The practices of the merchants of Paris) series

Medium
lithograph

Measurements
15.9 × 23.0 cm (image) 19.6 × 23.0 cm (image and text) 27.1 × 33.0 cm irreg. (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Samuel Meerkin, 2010

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 588 iv/vi

Edition
4th of 6 states

Printing/Publishing
printed by Aubert & Cie, Paris; published by Bauger, Paris

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: h.D.
printed in ink l.l.: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
printed in ink l.r.: Chez Bauger R. du Croissant 16.

Accession Number
2009.589

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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