Details
| Artist | Honoré Daumier, French, 1808-1879 |
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| Printer | Firmin Gillot, French, 1820-1872 |
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| Date | 1865 |
| Medium | gillotype printed in black ink on wove paper |
| Dimensions | Image (excluding letters): 9 1/4 × 8 1/2 inches (23.5 × 21.6 cm) Sheet: 12 1/8 × 11 3/4 inches (30.8 × 29.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Allison Bostick |
| Accession Number | 70.787 |
| Department | Prints, Drawings & Photographs |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed, on stone, lower left: h. D. Signed, lower center: Gillot sc. |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, above image, center top margin: UN CROQUIS PRIS AU SALON PAR DAUMIER. Inscribed, center bottom margin: UN PEINTRE FANTAISISTE. | -Tenz, voyez comme je comprends l'apotheose d'un martyr... | -Mais je ne distinque quere que les deux pieds de votre personnage. | -La tete est deja dans la ciel...c'est ce qui prouve que c'est un saint!... |
Provenance
1970-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
