An Electoral Visit

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An Electoral Visit
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An Electoral Visit

PortfolioPlate 1 from the series "Scènes Parlementaires"
Date1845
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 328 x 249 mm. (12 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Image: 242 x 205 mm. (9 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)

Credit LineThe George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object number1996.48.3863
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Monsieur and Madame Prudhomme chose a costume befitting the local colour for their visit of the Palais Pompeien on the Champs-Elysées
Monsieur and Madame Prudhomme chose a costume befitting the local colour for their visit of the Palais Pompeien on the Champs-Elysées
1866
Image Not Available for Here is your account: I owed you 150'000 Francs...
Here is your account: I owed you 150'000 Francs...
1843
Image Not Available for I can count on you then to sign my petition for the abolition of capital punishment...
I can count on you then to sign my petition for the abolition of capital punishment...
1843
Image Not Available for Monsieur...Monsieur, here's your handkerchief
Monsieur...Monsieur, here's your handkerchief
1842
Image Not Available for Say then, Madame Giboulard...don't you agree that it is not very pleasant for women of our gender, to come down like this everyday, cleaning the gutters of St. Honoré…
Say then, Madame Giboulard...don't you agree that it is not very pleasant for women of our gender, to come down like this everyday, cleaning the gutters of St. Honoré…
1843
Image Not Available for For a poor American, please
For a poor American, please
1835
Image Not Available for Here you see the great celebrities of literary, musical and artistic France. They are 36 feet tall - measured below sea level.
Here you see the great celebrities of literary, musical and artistic France. They are 36 feet tall - measured below sea level.
1839
Image Not Available for A visit to the baths. Queuing in front of the changing rooms - or the steam bath before the cold bath.
A visit to the baths. Queuing in front of the changing rooms - or the steam bath before the cold bath.
1858
Image Not Available for The Passport. The foreigner who visits China is subject to an indispensable formality. He receives a scrap of paper on which he writes the age he wishes to reveal, the profession that he is said to perform and the place that he wishes to give as his birthplace. All this is followed by a description which is so indistinct that it applies to everybody. After which, by means of two Francs, the Chinese Government is deemed to guarantee him aid and assistance for one year
The Passport. The foreigner who visits China is subject to an indispensable formality. He receives a scrap of paper on which he writes the age he wishes to reveal, the profession that he is said to perform and the place that he wishes to give as his birthplace. All this is followed by a description which is so indistinct that it applies to everybody. After which, by means of two Francs, the Chinese Government is deemed to guarantee him aid and assistance for one year
1844
Image Not Available for A visit to the Library. - Listen woman... they have told us not to disturb the people sitting here, because they are working. - What do you mean working... they are just feigning to be working... in reality they aren't moving at all! --- Visitors from the province who insist on overlooking Paris from the top of the July Column, convinced that the revolution of 1830 was only made in order to have a pretext to build an observatory on the Place de la Bastille.
A visit to the Library. - Listen woman... they have told us not to disturb the people sitting here, because they are working. - What do you mean working... they are just feigning to be working... in reality they aren't moving at all!
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Visitors from the province who insist on overlooking Paris from the top of the July Column, convinced that the revolution of 1830 was only made in order to have a pretext to build an observatory on the Place de la Bastille.
1853
Image Not Available for Early morning visit of a creditor concerning the boots
Early morning visit of a creditor concerning the boots
1839
Image Not Available for When one's portrait is exhibited at the Salon. - It's flattering, isn't it Eudoxie, to be shown like this in public, and I don't regret the 200 francs it has cost us... there is a man looking at us... he seems to think highly of us! - (The art student): How can anybody have the nerve to sit for a portrait with a face like that!
When one's portrait is exhibited at the Salon. - It's flattering, isn't it Eudoxie, to be shown like this in public, and I don't regret the 200 francs it has cost us... there is a man looking at us... he seems to think highly of us! - (The art student): How can anybody have the nerve to sit for a portrait with a face like that!
1845