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Our Messenger
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Our Messenger

Daten.d.
MediumEtching and drypoint
Dimensions149 × 202 mm. (5 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGarrett Collection
Object number1946.112.15483
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Messenger Addressing Queen and Her Court
Messenger Addressing Queen and Her Court
n.d.
Image Not Available for Can you see a messenger coming from St. Petersburg? - I can only see dusty dust ! and you, what do you see from the direction of Constantinople? - All I see is wavy waves.
Can you see a messenger coming from St. Petersburg? - I can only see dusty dust ! and you, what do you see from the direction of Constantinople? - All I see is wavy waves.
1853
Image Not Available for Christ Answering the Messengers of Saint John
Christ Answering the Messengers of Saint John
1593
Image Not Available for Messenger with Greyhounds
Messenger with Greyhounds
c. 1920-1940
Image Not Available for Our Eyes Were Covered with Plastic Wraps
Our Eyes Were Covered with Plastic Wraps
2006
Image Not Available for Various news. "The Rue de la Lune has been illuminated with gas light." Correction: In our last edition instead of "The mayor has given birth to twins" it should read: "He has returned into town." We are being informed from Dijon: "The latest frost has completely destroyed the mustard seeds; this will most likely result in considerable price increases for Moutarde de Dijon." - We inform our readers of a new kind of activity: cunning swindlers are getting information about the addresses of regular patrons of coffee houses. While the clients are reading the newspapers, the thieves will pillage to their home.
Various news. "The Rue de la Lune has been illuminated with gas light." Correction: In our last edition instead of "The mayor has given birth to twins" it should read: "He has returned into town." We are being informed from Dijon: "The latest frost has completely destroyed the mustard seeds; this will most likely result in considerable price increases for Moutarde de Dijon." - We inform our readers of a new kind of activity: cunning swindlers are getting information about the addresses of regular patrons of coffee houses. While the clients are reading the newspapers, the thieves will pillage to their home.
1842
Image Not Available for Last chapter of the Telemaque. - Well, well.... Mr. Badoulard, look at this..... our Englishman, instead of salvaging the Telemaque, saves himself. - Don't mention it.... we are like this ship.... completely grounded... and our shares have gone down with it!
Last chapter of the Telemaque. - Well, well.... Mr. Badoulard, look at this..... our Englishman, instead of salvaging the Telemaque, saves himself. - Don't mention it.... we are like this ship.... completely grounded... and our shares have gone down with it!
1843
Image Not Available for Rue aux Ours, Tour de Jean Sans Peur
Rue aux Ours, Tour de Jean Sans Peur
c. 1870
Image Not Available for A True Likeness of Our Saviour
A True Likeness of Our Saviour
n.d.
Image Not Available for Sir... here is what we will be giving this year as a bonus to the subscribers of the Musical Universe... 125 albums that you can have bound, some more magnificently than others. Eleven portraits of Mr. Musard, at differfent ages, but always with the same black suit. Three trumpets, more or less in key. Forty admission tickets, even exit tickets, for each of our concerts...Eighty seven musical scores...and a reed pipe.
Sir... here is what we will be giving this year as a bonus to the subscribers of the Musical Universe... 125 albums that you can have bound, some more magnificently than others. Eleven portraits of Mr. Musard, at differfent ages, but always with the same black suit. Three trumpets, more or less in key. Forty admission tickets, even exit tickets, for each of our concerts...Eighty seven musical scores...and a reed pipe.
1845
Image Not Available for La Récréation des Ours
La Récréation des Ours
n.d.
Image Not Available for A fixed-price dinner. Here's a restaurant owner who does things the big way..... for our 32 sous, he provided us with a stomach ache that will cost twenty francs per person to cure!
A fixed-price dinner. Here's a restaurant owner who does things the big way..... for our 32 sous, he provided us with a stomach ache that will cost twenty francs per person to cure!
1844