Who has sent you all these presents?

Series TitleCroquis du jour

Artist Charles-Edouard de Beaumont (French, 1821 - 1888)

Printer Pierre Louis Hippolyte Destouches (French, active 1853 - 1869)

Publisher Maison Martinet (French, active 1870–1880s)

Date1849

MediumLithograph

DimensionsSheet: 11 1/2 × 9 3/16 inches (29.21 × 23.34 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.68.307

SignedPossibly signed on original image lower right, in black. On sheet recto, bottom, in black type: "Mon Martinet, 172, r. Rivoli et 41, Vivienne", "Lith. Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre Paris."

InscribedTitled on sheet recto, top, in black ink: "CROQUIS DU JOUR"; Caption on sheet recto, bottom, in black ink: "_Qui donc t'a envoyé tous ces cadeaus ? ... / _Parbleu! c'est mon vieux baron....tenez...,avec son portrait en pied. / _Oh! comme c'est frappant!....on dirait que c'est un Daguerréotype!...." [Translation: Who has sent you all these presents? / It is my old baron...wait...with his portrait. / Oh! As it is striking...it looks like it is a daguerreotype!"

MarkingsOn sheet recto, upper right, in black type: "3"; On image recto, lower right, in black pencil: "29"; Stamp on sheet verso, upper right, in black ink: "EASTMAN HISTORICAL / PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION / Cromer Collection"; On sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "4-28A".

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DescriptionIllustration of three women wearing dresses standing in a room with curtains flanking the window beside them. One woman stands in front of a table with her hands on top of a stack of lovely packages; the other two women look on from behind her.Provenance

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The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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