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A Friend Is a Crocodile (Un Ami est un Crocodile)

Honoré Daumier1845

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

Details

  • Title: A Friend Is a Crocodile (Un Ami est un Crocodile)
  • Creator: Honoré Daumier
  • Date Created: 1845
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed on stone, lower left: “h.D.”
  • Set or Series Title: Les Amis
  • Print State: Second of two states
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of Juwil C. and Virgil W. Topazio (B.A. Wesleyan 1943), 1984
  • Materials & Techniques: Lithograph on wove newsprint paper
  • Keywords: satire, social satire
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: Published in “Le Charivari” 19 June 1845
  • Dimensions: Image dimensions: 228 mm x 193 mm (8.98 in. x 7.6 in.). Sheet dimensions: 356 mm x 229 mm (14.02 in. x 9.02 in.).
  • Bibliography: Loys Delteil 1384
  • Associated People: Created by Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
  • Accession Number: 1984.29.50.10b

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