Title
Here you see the great celebrities of literary, musical and artistic France, they are 36 feet tall – measured below sea level...
1839
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Here you see the great and famous
And here you see French celebrities in litterature, music, arts... (British Museum) - Alternative title
- Vous voyez ici les grandes célébrités de la France littéraire, musicale et artistique, ils ont tous 36 pieds an dessous du niveau de la mer…
- Date
- 1839
- Media category
- Materials used
- lithograph
- Edition
- ii of 5
- Dimensions
- 26.3 x 22.5 cm image; 36.2 x 25.9 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.l., black ink [inscribed on stone] "h.D.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1990
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 368.1990
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Honoré Daumier
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About
Plate 26 from the 'Les Saltimbanques' ('Performers at fairs') series, published in 'La Caricature provisoire', no 26, 30 April 1839, then in 'Le Charivari', 5 April 1843.
Here you see the great celebrities of literary, musical and artistic France, they are 36 feet tall – measured below sea level...
Vous voyez ici les grandes célébrités de la France littéraire, musicale et artistique, ils ont tous 36 pieds an dessous du niveau de la mer…
The writer Victor Hugo, the composer Hector Berlioz and the artists David d'Angers and Jules Delaroche are among the celebrities assembled here.