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(French, 1808–1879)
Horticulteurs de Vaugirard allant à minuit... (Vaugirard horticulturists going out at midnight...), 1856
Lithograph
Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1954.162
While timing is certainly important for flower lovers hoping to catch a glimpse of a night-flowering cactus in bloom, the careful, quiet steps of the hunter are probably not neces-sary.
Horticulteurs de Vaugirard allant à minuit, à pas de loup, es-sayer de surprendre la floraison du Cactus grandiflorus.
Vaugirard horticulturists going out at midnight, on tiptoes, to try to catch the flowering of the Cactus grandiflorus.
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The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th-Century France
Horticulteurs de Vaugirard
Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) Horticulteurs de Vaugirard allant à minuit... (Vaugirard horticulturists going out at midnight...), 1856 Lithograph Gift of Eugene L. Garbaty, 1954.162
While timing is certainly important for flower lovers hoping to catch a glimpse of a night-flowering cactus in bloom, the careful, quiet steps of the hunter are probably not neces-sary.
Horticulteurs de Vaugirard allant à minuit, à pas de loup, es-sayer de surprendre la floraison du Cactus grandiflorus.
Vaugirard horticulturists going out at midnight, on tiptoes, to try to catch the flowering of the Cactus grandiflorus.