Updated 02 May 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
<Ancient History>: (23) Beautiful Narcissus. He was young and beautiful; with their soft breath / The Zephyrs caressed his contours of manifold attractions, / And in the mirror of the fountains / He loved, as we do, to contemplate his features (Quatrain initiated by Mr. Narcisse de Salvandy)
| Date | 1842 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | lithograph, newsprint paper |
| Size（cm） | 25.4 x 20.4 |
| Standard ref. | Delteil 947 (iv/iv), Tobu I-299 |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.2000-0453 |
Provenance
Peter Morse; Tobu Museum of Art (Tobu Railway Company); Purchased by the NMWA, 2001.
Exhibition History
- 1997
- Honore Daumier Caricatures from the Tobu Collections: Eyewitness of an Epoch, Tobu Museum of Art, 25 January 1997 - 11 February 1997, no. 115
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. 57.