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Image: The Nights of Penelope (Les Nuits de Penelope)

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The Nights of Penelope (Les Nuits de Penelope)

1842
19th century
236 x 188 mm (9.3 x 7.4 in.)

Honoré Daumier, French, (1808–1879)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Lithograph on wove newsprint paper
State: Third of three states
Print impression quality: Very good
Series: from series Histoire Ancienne
Edition: Published in “Le Charivari” 24 April 1842
Marks: Signed on stone, lower left: “h.D.”
Bibliography: Loys Delteil 930.
Credit Line: Gift of Juwil C. and Virgil W. Topazio (BA Wesleyan 1943), 1984
Accession Number: 1984.29.50.5

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This object has the following keywords:
  • mythology
  • night
  • 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

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  • image Dimensions: 236 x 188 mm (9.3 x 7.4 in.)

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