This proves to us how perfectly useless it is to recite gracious compliments to the public in the final couplet of a play.

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M20791
People: Honoré-Victorin Daumier, French (Marseille, France 1808-1879 Valmondois, France)
Title: This proves to us how perfectly useless it is to recite gracious compliments to the public in the final couplet of a play.
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Ce qui nous prouve comme il est parfaitement inutile de débiter des compliments gracieux au public dans le couplet final d'une pièce.
Series/Book Title: plate 15, Croquis Dramatiques, Le Charivari
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1857
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/191347

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Lithograph
Dimensions: design: 19.8 x 27.3 cm (7 13/16 x 10 3/4 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: ii/ii
Standard Reference Number: D. 2911

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Object Number: M20791
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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M20791: This proves to us how perfectly useless it is to recite gracious compliments to the public in the final couplet of a play.

Identification and Creation

Physical Descriptions

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Acquisition and Rights

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