Cristi! la belle oseille!
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
CultureFrench
Date1859
MediumLithograph on newsprint
DimensionsOverall: 9 x 10 5/8 in. (22.9 x 27 cm)
InscribedLithographed signature, lower left of image: "hD." Lower right corner of image: "5." Above image, center: "En Chine." Above image, right: "5." Below image, center: "Cristi! la belle oseille!" Below image, lower left: "Mon. Martinet, 172, r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne." Below image, lower right: "Lith. Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre. Paris."
PortfolioEn Chine, from 1859 Issue Of Le Charivari
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Robert B. Tunstall
Object number66.9.6
Not on view
DescriptionCaricature of a Chinese man with a long braid sitting under a tree. A standing European figure gapes at the plant. The caption reads, "Christ! The beautiful sorrel!" Published References
Honoré Daumier
April 21, 1848
Mathew B. Brady
April 1865
