A view taken at Argenteuil. (October 1856)

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A view taken at Argenteuil. (October 1856)
Image Not Available for A view taken at Argenteuil. (October 1856)

A view taken at Argenteuil. (October 1856)

PortfolioPlate 1 from the series "Croquis d'Automne"
Date1856
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 253 × 210 mm. (9 15/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineNelson and Juanita Greif Gutman Collection
Object number1963.313.92
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Yes, love, you may call me overly jealous. But I had to leave the post at City Hall in order to see whether anybody had taken mine here!
Yes, love, you may call me overly jealous. But I had to leave the post at City Hall in order to see whether anybody had taken mine here!
1839
Image Not Available for A good husband. - A total of 27 Fr. 50 Cts. - Very good. Take the bill to my wife who'll pay you... - (this right beggar Macaire isn't half content to have a wife to pay his debts!)... - Yes, I've an excellent wife who works like a slave, deprives herself of everything, who sacrifices her life for me... a wife who adores me. But I'm not ungrateful. She already has eight children and I'd like her to have twelve... - (Bertrand) There's a happy woman!!!
A good husband. - A total of 27 Fr. 50 Cts. - Very good. Take the bill to my wife who'll pay you... - (this right beggar Macaire isn't half content to have a wife to pay his debts!)... - Yes, I've an excellent wife who works like a slave, deprives herself of everything, who sacrifices her life for me... a wife who adores me. But I'm not ungrateful. She already has eight children and I'd like her to have twelve... - (Bertrand) There's a happy woman!!!
1837
Image Not Available for The husband (reading aloud): "We lay indolently on the fragrant moss, while the beams of the moon flickered through the branches of a willow, gently swaying in the evening breeze. Overcome with love we cried to to heaven the longings we felt in our hearts." His wife (sotto voce): how can he possibly read such poetry and wear a night bonnet and a face like this.
The husband (reading aloud): "We lay indolently on the fragrant moss, while the beams of the moon flickered through the branches of a willow, gently swaying in the evening breeze. Overcome with love we cried to to heaven the longings we felt in our hearts." His wife (sotto voce): how can he possibly read such poetry and wear a night bonnet and a face like this.
1839
Image Not Available for View taken at the refreshment stand of a bath on the Seine.
View taken at the refreshment stand of a bath on the Seine.
1865
Image Not Available for View taken in the first week of January.
View taken in the first week of January.
1869
Image Not Available for Mr. Prudhomme Hunting
Mr. Prudhomme Hunting
1857
Image Not Available for Look, there are cows which have a body but no legs!... - Just wait, one day they will produce animals that have only legs, but no body.
Look, there are cows which have a body but no legs!... - Just wait, one day they will produce animals that have only legs, but no body.
1856
Image Not Available for Not knowing any longer how to spend their free time, the three friends of peace have decided to declare war against each other.
Not knowing any longer how to spend their free time, the three friends of peace have decided to declare war against each other.
1856
Image Not Available for Quite a hare... not bad for a hare!... good idea to keep him behind bars. - I think they also should have muzzled him.
Quite a hare... not bad for a hare!... good idea to keep him behind bars. - I think they also should have muzzled him.
1856
Image Not Available for In deep contemplation in front of the nave of the opera..... or could it be the one at the Porte St. Martin?... or maybe even at the Ambigu Theater!... no matter where it might be,... they are contemplating a nave.
In deep contemplation in front of the nave of the opera..... or could it be the one at the Porte St. Martin?... or maybe even at the Ambigu Theater!... no matter where it might be,... they are contemplating a nave.
1856
Image Not Available for Interior of a third class coach during winter
Interior of a third class coach during winter
1856
Image Not Available for Mr. Jacot-Lefaive
Mr. Jacot-Lefaive
1833