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(French, 1804–1866)
Pour justifier sa présence chez la femme d'un dentiste...(To justify his presence at the home of a dentist’s wife...), 1838
Lithograph
Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1951.79.124
In 19th-century iconography, bourgeois husbands are easily recognized by their bathrobes, slip-pers, and nightcaps, and by the candlesticks they sometimes hold.
Pour justifier sa présence chez la femme d'un dentiste, ce pauvre Adolphe se fait arracher une dent par le mari.
To justify his presence at the home of a dentist’s wife, poor Adolphe has a tooth pulled by the husband.
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The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th-Century France
Pour justifier sa présence
Paul Gavarni (French, 1804–1866) Pour justifier sa présence chez la femme d'un dentiste...(To justify his presence at the home of a dentist’s wife...), 1838 Lithograph Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1951.79.124
In 19th-century iconography, bourgeois husbands are easily recognized by their bathrobes, slip-pers, and nightcaps, and by the candlesticks they sometimes hold.
Pour justifier sa présence chez la femme d'un dentiste, ce pauvre Adolphe se fait arracher une dent par le mari.
To justify his presence at the home of a dentist’s wife, poor Adolphe has a tooth pulled by the husband.