"I was deprived of the happiness to pick it up... I saw a hundred times an agile rival offer it smiling to our common goddess." from the Little Miseries of Human Life

J. J. Grandville|Auguste Barbant|Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues|Henri Fournier

1843 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

"I was deprived of the happiness to pick it up... I saw a hundred times an agile rival offer it smiling to our common goddess." from the Little Miseries of Human Life — J. J. Grandville|Auguste Barbant|Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues|Henri Fournier
Artist
J. J. Grandville|Auguste Barbant|Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues|Henri Fournier
Date
1843
Medium
Wood engraving
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Yvonne Möen Cumerford, 1965
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