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The First Dance Lession, from Les Papas by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

The First Dance Lession, from Les Papas

The First Dance Lession, from Les Papas

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1848

Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 25 × 19.3 cm (9 7/8 × 7 5/8 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 27.3 cm (14 1/16 × 10 3/4 in.)
Genre: lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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The Emperor of Morocco in Consultation With the Famous Magician Desbarolles. “- This small line here indicates to me that you are going to get a royal thrashing!,” plate 126 from Actualités

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The Novice Sailor. “Devil... rowing is much more difficult than I thought! And to really enjoy myself I would rather stick peas.,” plate 19 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

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Mr. Prudhomme: “There you are again, my son... another innocent victim of the murderous lead.... poor little duck... pray, you never shall become a hunter, my son!” Young Adolph: “But Daddy, I'd rather like to be a hunter than a dead duck!,” plate 13 from Émotions De Chasse

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A Misapprehension at the Odeon, on a Day of Drama. “- Come on, come on let's go! - I am telling you it's not finished. The curtain has gone up again and there is still Roman on the stage,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Théatre par Daumier

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“- Here, my wife, is my daguerreotype portrait which I brought back for you from Paris... - Why didn't you have mine done while you were there... get lost, you egotist!,” plate 28 from Les Bons Bourgeois

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