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Honoré Daumier, Disadvantage of steel spring petticoats, when the spring breaks, August 18, 185 ...
Disadvantage of steel spring petticoats, when the spring breaks
Honoré Daumier, Disadvantage of steel spring petticoats, when the spring breaks, August 18, 185 ...
Honoré Daumier, Disadvantage of steel spring petticoats, when the spring breaks, August 18, 1857. Lithograph on newsprint. Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Museum purchase, 2019.2.2

Disadvantage of steel spring petticoats, when the spring breaks

Artist (French, 1808 - 1879)
DateAugust 18, 1857
MediumLithograph on newsprint
DimensionsUnframed: 10 7/8 × 14 1/8 in. (27.6 × 35.9 cm) Other (Image): 8 1/8 × 10 3/4 in. (20.6 × 27.3 cm) Other (Image with text): 9 1/4 × 11 3/8 in. (23.5 × 28.9 cm)
ClassificationsWORK ON PAPER
Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Museum purchase
Object number2019.2.2
DescriptionA man in a top hat stands beside a woman with a hoop skirt but one of the rings of her skirt has broken and lifts her skirt up.

Text on Image:
CROQUIS PARISIENS - 38
Inconvénient des jupons à ressort en acier, quand ce ressort vient à se casser.

English translation:
Disadvantage of steel spring petticoats, when the spring breaks.
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