Having his picture taken as a pretext for not moving
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 16 1/2 × 11 5/8 inches (41.91 × 29.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.294
SignedPossibly signed on original image, lower left, in black: "B. / C...M? [illegible]";
On sheet recto, lower left, in black type: "Mon Martinet,172 r.Rivoli et 41,r.Vivienne; Lith. Destouches, 28, r.Paradis Pre".
InscribedOn sheet recto, top, in black type: "ACTUALITÉS";
On sheet recto, bottom, in black type: "Eaisant faire sa photographie afin d'avoir un prétexte pour ne pa bouger."
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "1865"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionIllustration of a mustachioed man seated on a stool having his portrait taken. The sitter is wearing a uniform with a spikey helmet and his hands are folded on his lap. The photographer stands under a dark cloth behind the camera. A sign reading "Sleswig" appears in the background. Newspaper text printed beneath image.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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Honoré Daumier
1847
2017.68.299
