LE PREMIER PORTRAIT PAYÉ. / Cela vient assez bien. . . . cela vient assez bien. . . je crois que nous serons satisfait. . . . je cherche surtout à bien rendre le nez grec de monsieur! . . . . . . (THE FIRST PAID PORTRAIT. /\r\nI think it will be nice. . . . quite nice actually. . . I think, we will be satisfied. . . . above all I was trying to get Monsieur's Greek nose right! . . . . . .), pl. 15 from the series Les Beaux Jours De La Vie (The best days in life) from the journal le Charivari

June 18, 1844

Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: sheet: 14 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (36.2 × 35 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Carl A. Lohmann, B.A. 1910
Accession Number: 1947.4
Culture: French
Period: 19th century
Classification: Prints
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caricatures, daily life, human figures (visual works), lithographs

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