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An Indian Custom
Honoré Daumier1844
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This print was published in <em>Le Charivari </em>(November 9, 1844) as plate 30 from the series <em>The Best Days in Life.</em>
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- Title: An Indian Custom
- Creator: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879), Aubert
- Date Created: 1844
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 31.8 x 22.9 cm (12 1/2 x 9 in.)
- Provenance: Leona E. Prasse, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.402
- Medium: lithograph
- State of work: III/III
- Series: The Best Days in Life
- Inscriptions: Above image, printed: LES BEAUX JOURS DE LA VIE / No. 30 ; below image, printed: UN USAGE D’INDE. / Mon cher ami, je viens vous faire mon compliment bien sincère.... notre prince est décidément bien / mort, et c'est à vous, le plus ancien officier du palais, qu'est échu l'insigne honneur de condiure ses / femmes sur le bûcher, ou vous vous brûlerez avec elles!...., Upper margin, in pencil: R-G2 v.3-4 / 7 / also with text / 30/100 ; lower margin, printed: Chez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse, 29 / Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. ; in pencil: H.D.754 / (Mi-29-2-160) / 9 Nov. 1844 / D.IV.1117 II/II / 40+/
- Department: Prints
- Culture: France, 19th century; France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
- Collection: PR - Lithograph
- Accession Number: 1966.402
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