DaumierGallery - Love





Order number: DR 951 Artist: Honoré Daumier Technique: Lithography Series: Histoire ancienne Publication: Le Charivari Publications date: 10/09/1842 Original text: TÉLÉMAQUE RAVAGÉ PAR L'AMOUR. En dépit de Mentor qui le grognait sans cesse Il butinait chaque matin Les plus brillantes fleurs pour sa tendre maîtresse, Fleurs dont la piquante drolesse Ornait sa gorge de satin. (Cigarette par Mr. Alfred de Musset). Translation: TELEMACHUS RAVAGED BY LOVE. In spite of Mentor who grumbled without zealing he only bothered about his feeling he gathered each morning flowers in a chest to ornament his mistresses breast . (Cigarette by Mr. Alfred de Musset) Condition: very good Description: Very good impression. Waek folds, no tears within the image. Very light water spots within the imange (see photograph). Back side: printed Illustration size: approx. 7.8 x 9.8 inches Paper size: approx. 10.4 x 14.8 inches SOLD top SOLD