Title
You are a young man of good birth!... I’ll keep an eye on you...
1840
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- You are a young man from a good family!... I'll keep an eye on you! (Daumier Register)
- Alternative title
- Vous êtes un jeune homme bien né!... je vous vois d’un bon œil…
- Date
- 1840
- Media category
- Materials used
- lithograph
- Edition
- iii of 3
- Dimensions
- 17.3 x 25.9 cm image;26.8 x 34.0 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.c., black ink [inscribed on stone] "h.D". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1990
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 41.1990
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Honoré Daumier
Works in the collection
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About
Plate 20 from the 'Types parisiens' ('Parisian types') series, published first in 'Le Figaro', 7 June 1840, then 'Le Charivari', 3 June 1841.
The joke depends upon the puns né (birth) / nez (nose). In addition, the one-eyed man says that he sees it with ‘the right eye’.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Citizen Artist - Daumier and his time, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Nov 1990–27 Jan 1991
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Nicholas Draffin, Citizen Artist - Daumier and his time, Sydney, 1991, p 7.
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