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Attendre que le protecteur soit parti... (Waiting for her patron to leave...), from the series Les Petits malheurs du bonheur

Artist/Maker (French, 1804–1866)
Date1838
MediumLithograph
DimensionsOverall: 14 × 9 3/4 in. (35.6 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Eugene L. Garbaty
PortfolioLes Petits malheurs du bonheur (Little Misfortunes of Happiness)
Object number1951.79.137
Status
Not on view
More Information
Attendre que le protecteur soit parti, et l’entendre rire, causer, festoyer tout à son aise pendant qu’on reste caché dans un lieu fort incommode.<
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> Waiting for her patron to leave, and hearing him laughing, chatting, and chowing down, taking his own sweet time, while you wait hidden away in an extremely awkward place.<
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Exhibition History
The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th Century France
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 6, 2013 - December 22, 2013 )
Collections
  • European