Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris // [Remember, O man, that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return].
Call Number
E East 46/GC077/Box 15/Normal/19th c./Artists Be-Boc GA 2012.00338
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcs7526r755
Publisher
[Paris] : [s.n.], n.d. [1833]
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1833
Extent
1 item ; sheet 26 x 34.2 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of William H. Helfand. Given 2008.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Lithographs, Hand coloring
Depiction: Caricature; political cartoon. Outdoor scene. A man and his two sons are throwing rocks at six brightly costumed political figures, each identified below, such as Paillasse, Tupin, etc.
Provenance: Formerly part of the Pierre Julien collection.
Signed in plate, lower left: "L. de Becquet, rue de Childebert no. 9".
Signed in plate, above: "La Caricature (Journal) No. 120".
Inscribed in plate, lower right: "On s'abonne chez Aubert, galerie vero dodat".
Numbered in plate, upper right: "248".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
France—Politics and government—18301848—Caricatures and cartoons
France—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Stoning—France—Caricatures and cartoons
Political cartoons—France—19th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

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

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/71578e53-4a76-4900-b5cd-c8fc9728a1a0/manifest