Yes, Sir, your respectable air encourages me...

Honoré Daumier1841

This print was published in <em>Le Charivari</em> (August 08, 1841) as plate 26 from the series <em>Parisian Types</em>.

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Title: Yes, Sir, your respectable air encourages me...
Creator: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879), Aubert
Date Created: 1841
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 23.9 x 34.1 cm (9 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.); Image: 17.3 x 22.2 cm (6 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Provenance: Brenda and Evan H. Turner, 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/1998.208
Medium: lithograph
State of work: III/III
Series: Parisian Types
Inscriptions: Lower margin, printed: Chez Bauger R de Croissant 16 / Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. ; in pencil: 3835, Above image, printed: TYPES PARISIENS. / 26; Below image, printed: Oui, Monsieur, votre air respectable m'enhardit: vous voyes en nmoi un premier tenor qui perdu / son Ut, mais qui a encore sa femme. Avec dix huit enfans, et plus rien!.... pllll.. s rrrr... ein!.. / confiez moi une quinzaine de livres! - Je n'ai sur moi qu'une pièce de quarante francs! - Je / vais vous rendre!
Department: Prints
Culture: France, 19th century; France, 19th century
Credit Line: Gift of Brenda and Evan H. Turner
Collection: PR - Lithograph
Accession Number: 1998.208

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