Ah! sapristi.... je crois que ce sont des oiseaux de proie.... ils mangeaient du raisin!...(Oh damnation! I think these are birds of prey.... they were eating grapes!), from the series "Les Bons Bourgeois" (The petty bourgeois), published in "Le Charivari," April 20, 1847

Maker Honoré Daumier (b. 1808, Marseilles, France – d. 1879, Marseilles, France)

Datepublished 1847

GeographyParis, Île-de-France, France, Europe

MediumLithograph

Dimensionssheet: 13 3/8 in. x 10 1/4 in. (34 cm x 26 cm)

ClassificationPRINTS

Credit LineGift of Mrs. William F. Stearns

Object number1990.8

Status

Not on view

RightsCopyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws

Photo creditDavis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

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Ah! sapristi.... je crois que ce sont des oiseaux de proie.... ils mangeaient du raisin!...(Oh damnation! I think these are birds of prey.... they were eating grapes!), from the series "Les Bons Bourgeois" (The petty bourgeois), published in "Le Charivari," April 20, 1847

Ah! sapristi.... je crois que ce sont des oiseaux de proie.... ils mangeaient du raisin!...(Oh damnation! I think these are birds of prey.... they were eating grapes!), from the series "Les Bons Bourgeois" (The petty bourgeois), published in "Le Charivari," April 20, 1847