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Artist/Maker
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Datepublished August 31, 1859
MediumLithograph on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (24.1 × 22.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 9 7/8 in. (29.4 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jerry Ver Dorn
Object number1986.10
Not on view
DescriptionA smiling Black Zouave soldier is depicted at the center of a group sitting on an omnibus. He is surrounded by keenly engaged white French people, several of whom asre asking him questions.
Full text and translation of text:
Mme. Potard: N’est-il pas vrai.., brave turco, que vous préférez les Françaises aux Africaines ?
M. Potard: Chut ! ….ma bonne…., tu vois bien que tu vas le faire rougir ! ….
Madame Potard: Is it not true, brave Turco, that you prefer the French to Africans?
Mr. Potard: Hush! My maid, you see just as well that you are turning red!
***Turco: Algerian soldier fighting in French Army
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
Actualités (Current Events)
Provenance
1986: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Jerry Ver Dorn;
?: Jerry Ver Dorn, by gift of William G. Roehrick.
?: Jerry Ver Dorn, by gift of William G. Roehrick.
Markings
Marks: none noted.
Published References
FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, vol. 1, no. 1, February 1988, "Acquisitions 1986").
Signature
Signed "h.D." in stone at lower left.
Inscribed
"ACTUALITES" at upper center in typeset; "100." at upper right in typeset; "Mme. POTARD._ N'est-il pas vrai.., brave turco, que vous preferez les Francaises aux Africaines?.... / Mr. POTARD._ Chut!....ma bonne...., to vois bien que tu vas le faire rougir!....." at lower center in typeset; "mon. Martinet 172, r Rivoli cl 71, r Vivienne" at lower left in typeset; "Lith Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre. Paris." at lower right in typeset; "76." in stone at lower right.
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