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Pigeonnet, je suis innonde, et je souscris en ma faveur.....hatons-nous de me porter les premiers secours. (Pigeonnet, I am overwhelmed, and I am subscribing in my favor.....let us speed up to bring me help.)
Artist/Maker (French, 1804 - 1866)
Publisher (French)
Printer (French)
Date1855
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsComposition: 7 5/8 × 6 1/2 in. (19.4 × 16.5 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (29.8 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of D. Roger Howlett, Class of 1966
Object number1988.13
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 1988: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Roger Howlett.
Markings Marks: none noted.
Published References FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, vol. 1, no. 2 February 1989, "Acquisitions").
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "55. 47 [47 backwards]" in stone at lower left; "OEUVRES NOUVELLES DE GAVARNI." at upper left in typeset; "CARNAVAL. 28." at upper right in typeset; "Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse." at lower left in typeset; "Imp. d'Aubert & cie." at lower right in typeset; "-Pigeonnet, je suis innonde, et je souscris en ma faveur.....hatons-nous / de me porter les premiers secours" at lower center in typeset; "P194.332" at lower right in pencil.
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