Nationality
French
Artist Dates
1808-1879
Title of Work
- Quand en société vous voudrez bien recevoir un énorme coup de poing, placez-vous comme ceci! ...
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Date of Work
1847
Medium
Lithograph
Signature
Initialed in the lithographic stone.
Height
18"
Width
12 7/8"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collections
Status
Stored: FF_010_D
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
- Quand en société vous voudrez bien recevoir un énorme coup de poing, placez-vous comme ceci! ... 1847.
English: - If, in public, you would like to get a good hit, you stand like this!
- Sorry, professor, but actually I would prefer not to be hit at all. - This would be against the rules of the art, and besides, you would have no reason to hit back!
Lithograph, published in Le Charivari, initialed in the lithographic stone
Purchased with funds from the Myers Foundations
University Art Collections: Art & Design Study Collections
Many French citizens took up boxing, a sport that had been introduced from England in the early nineteenth century. The portly amateur in the lithograph seems a poor fit for the spot, especially in comparison to his rugged trainer.