Item Summary

Depiction: Man lying in bed while wife in nightshirt does cancan.

Descriptive Information

Title
Ma belle mère, m'avait bien dit que sa fille était somnambule, mais elle ne m'avait pas confié qu'elle dansait le cancan // [My mother-in-law had warned me that her daughter was a sleep-walker, but she did not tell me she danced the cancan].
Call Number
E-South 02/GC003/Box 02/Normal GA 2024.00065
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc2z10x363n
Publisher
Paris : chez Bauger, 1842/05/29.
Language
French
Date Created
1842
Extent
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 34.2 x 26.6 cm
References
Delteil 22, no. 677, 3rd of 4 states
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Signed in plate, lower left: hD 377.
Signed in plate, lower left: Chez Bauger R. du Croissant 16.
Signed in plate, lower right: Imp. D'Aubert & Cie.

Discovery Information

Subject
Couples—France—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Dancers—France—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature
Magazine illustration—19th century
Lithographs—France—Paris—1842
Prints (visual works)—France—Paris—1842

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/64799003-4b4c-4650-a7a1-50b0aa974c6a/manifest