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Convicted for having sold crushed sandstone instead of brown sugar

1855

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
printer

Destouches

publisher

Mon. Martinet, r. Rivoli, et 41 r. Vivienne

France, 19th century
lithograph
Sheet: 24.7 x 36 cm (9 3/4 x 14 3/16 in.); Image: 19.3 x 25.6 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Spector 1946.209
Catalogue raisonné: Daumier Register / Delteil 2765 ; Hazard-Delteil 3643
Location: Not on view

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (December 7, 1855) as plate 252 from the series News of the Day.
  • ?-1946
    Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Spector, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    1946-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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