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Order number: DR 2051 Artist: Honoré Daumier Technique: Lithography Series: Actualités Publication: Le Charivari Publications date: 09/06/1850 Original text: LES FAUNES INDISCRETS. Viens, Chloé, viens ma sœur; docile à mes prières, La vierge au carquoi d'or a purgé ces clairières Des faunes et des Taschereaux. Ainsi parle Nisa. Riant entre les branches Deux Taschereaux cachés promènent su ses hanches La flamme de leur regard faux. (Poësies fugitives du Comte de Montalembert). Translation: The Prying Fauns. Come Chloe, come my sister; submissive to my prayers, The Virgin with the golden quiver has purged these glades, of the Fauns and of the Taschereaux. This spoke Nisa smiling between the boughs. Two Taschereaux hidden moving on their haunches The flame of their false gaze. (shortlived poems by the Count de Montalembert) Condition: good Description: The paper has a vertical fold with small tear going into the image on the upper margin. No major spots. As you can see in the photo, the paper has been cut quite close to the print: the name of the series is partially missing. Back side: printed Illustration size: approx. 8,3 x 10,5 inches Paper size: approx. 9,7 x 13,8 inches ORDER NUMBER: DR 2051 Click here to see the price top buy