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We are stupid to be so afraid—it is nothing but a horrible scarecrow—I thought it was my husband (“Que nous sommes betes…”)


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We are stupid to be so afraid—it is nothing but a horrible scarecrow—I thought it was my husband (“Que nous sommes betes…”)

1845
19th century
376 x 262 mm (14.8 x 10.3 in.)

Honoré Daumier, French, (1808–1879)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Lithograph on newsprint paper
Print impression quality: Good
Series: from series Pastorales
Edition: Published in “Le Charivari”
Marks: Signed on stone, lower center: “h.D., 790”
Bibliography: Loys Delteil 1406.
Credit Line: Friends of the Davison Art Center funds, 1990
Accession Number: 1990.6.1

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This object has the following keywords:
  • husbands
  • satire - Artistic device holding up human folly and vice to scorn, derision, or ridicule. [November 1994 scope note added; related term added; alternate term added. May 1994 related term added.]
  • social satire
  • wives

Dimensions
  • sheet Dimensions: 376 x 262 mm (14.8 x 10.3 in.)

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