Updated 28 April 2022
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
<ROBERT MACAIRE.> 2nd Series: (19) Macaire inheritor-philanthropist. — You see, Bertrand, my wife is dead, my rights to the inheritance are contestable; I'll offer a third of it to the poor, on condition that they immediately advance me the rest... they'll never touch a brass farthing!... that's how I manipulate legacies!! — Well done, dear fellow! If you don't pick up the Manthyon prize, you'll have been robbed!
Date | 1841 |
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Materials and Techniques | lithograph |
Size(cm) | 23.9 x 18.9 |
Inscriptions | Signed on the stone, lower left: h. D.; Numbered on the stone, lower right: 302 |
Standard ref. | Delteil 884 (iii/iii), Tobu II-414 |
Category | Prints |
Collection Number | G.2000-1146 |
Provenance
Peter Morse; Tobu Museum of Art (Tobu Railway Company); Purchased by the NMWA, 2001.
Bibliography
- 2002
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 35 (Apr. 2000-Mar. 2001), 2002, Takahashi, Akiya. New Acquisitions. pp. 14-15, List of New Acquisitions. p. 104.