Image

Honoré Daumier

Ah, My Dear Sir, Allow Me to Tell You... (Ah! Mon Cher Monsieur, Permettez de Vous Dire...)

Description

Maker

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Destouches, printer
Maison Martinet, publisher

Title

Ah, My Dear Sir, Allow Me to Tell You... (Ah! Mon Cher Monsieur, Permettez de Vous Dire...)
from the series "Croquis Pris au Salon"

Year

1865

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 27.3 x 21.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LL: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier; Printed, on plate, LL: Mon Martinet, 172, r, Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne; Printed, on plate, LR: Lith Destouches, 28, r. Paradis pre; Printed, on plate, LL to LR: Ah! mon cher monsieur, permettez de vous dire que cette année vous avez exposé tout simplement un chef-d'œuvre!; Inscribed on sheet at LR

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Fazzano Brothers

Object Number

84.198.805

Type

Use & Feedback

Image use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use.

Tombstone

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Destouches, printer
Maison Martinet, publisher
Ah, My Dear Sir, Allow Me to Tell You... (Ah! Mon Cher Monsieur, Permettez de Vous Dire...); from the series "Croquis Pris au Salon", 1865
Lithograph on paper
Plate: 27.3 x 21.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches)
Gift of the Fazzano Brothers 84.198.805

To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.