DAC Collection Search - My husband’s last passion? See what the daguerreotype says. Not pretty, a common air, and what awful hands…one wonders what a creature like that has going for her. Illicitness, my dear.

☰ Open Filter >>

My husband’s last passion? See what the daguerreotype says. Not pretty, a common air, and what awful hands…one wonders what a creature like that has going for her. Illicitness, my dear.

Print this page

Image: My husband’s last passion? See what the daguerreotype says. Not pretty, a common air, and what awful hands…one wonders what a creature like that has going for her. Illicitness, my dear.

Photo Credit: photo: M. Johnston
View
Zoomable Image

Bookmark (persistent url): https://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/objects-1/info/5965

My husband’s last passion? See what the daguerreotype says. Not pretty, a common air, and what awful hands…one wonders what a creature like that has going for her. Illicitness, my dear.

1853
19th century

Paul Gavarni (aka Hippolyte-Guillaume-Sulpice Chevalier), French, (1804–1866)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Lithograph

Series: from Les Maris Me Font Toujours Rire, album 2; Masques et Visages

Bibliography: Henri Beraldi 263; J. Maherault [J. Amherhault] and E. Bocher 1411.

Credit Line: Purchase funds, 1966

Accession Number: 1966.4.11.2

Keywords Click a term to view the records with the same keyword

This object has the following keywords:

husbands, photography*, sexuality*, social commentary, wives

husbands
photography - The art or process of making photographs. [April 1993 related terms added. November 1990 alternate term added.]
sexuality - Use generally for the sum of an individual's sexual emotions, ideas, and behavior. For the pattern of attitudes and behavior that in any society is deemed appropriate to one sex rather than another, use "sex role." For the concept of the physiological traits that distinguish the males and females of a species, use "sex." [February 1993 descriptor moved. January 1991 scope note added; related term added.]
social commentary
wives

DAC Downloadable Open Access Image

Please see the DAC Open Access Images Policy and ReadMe PDF. This policy is similar to the concise No Known Copyright statement at RightsStatements.org.

To download an image, control-click or right-click on a link below, then select "Download," "Save Link," or a similar choice in your web browser.

DAC Open Access Image: JPEG, < 2 MB (Help)

DAC Open Access Image: TIFF, ~20-40 MB (Help)

Please use this image credit line:
Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .

Credit Caption

Paul Gavarni (aka Hippolyte-Guillaume-Sulpice Chevalier), French, (1804–1866) . My husband’s last passion? See what the daguerreotype says. Not pretty, a common air, and what awful hands…one wonders what a creature like that has going for her. Illicitness, my dear., 1853. From Les Maris Me Font Toujours Rire, album 2; Masques et Visages. Lithograph. : mm (in.). DAC accession number 1966.4.11.2. Purchase funds, 1966. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .

Your search criteria: Objects is "My husband’s last passion? See what the daguerreotype says. Not pretty, a common air, and what awful hands…one wonders what a creature like that has going for her. Illicitness, my dear.".

View current selection of records as:

LIDO XML