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Penelope's Nights
Plate 2 from l'Histoire ancienne in le Charivari April 24 1842
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Les Nuits de Pénelope
Penelope's Nights
Plate 2 from l'Histoire ancienne in le Charivari April 24 1842
Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
1842
Medium/Technique
Lithograph, second state, album impression
Dimensions
Sheet: 34.4 x 25.8 cm (13 9/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number63.1746
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Delteil 0930; H.D. 1906
DescriptionPrinted by Aubert and published by Bauger and Aubert
Daumier's Ancient History is the ultimate answer to the nineteenth century plaint: "Who will save us from the Greeks and Romans?" Here Penelope, the wandering Ulysses' notoriously faithful wife, is subjected to Daumier's irreverence.
Daumier's Ancient History is the ultimate answer to the nineteenth century plaint: "Who will save us from the Greeks and Romans?" Here Penelope, the wandering Ulysses' notoriously faithful wife, is subjected to Daumier's irreverence.