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Maman a écrit à mosieu [sic] Prosper et papa a vu la letter [Mama had written to Monsieur Prosper and Papa saw the letter], plate 49 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 29 May 1842
Maman a écrit à mosieu [sic] Prosper et papa a vu la letter [Mama had written to Monsieur Prosper and Papa saw the letter], plate 49 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 29 May 1842

Maman a écrit à mosieu [sic] Prosper et papa a vu la letter [Mama had written to Monsieur Prosper and Papa saw the letter], plate 49 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 29 May 1842

Primary (Paris, France, 1804–1866)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1842
MediumLithograph with hand coloring
DimensionsSheet: 13 1/4 × 9 7/16 in. (33.7 × 23.9 cm)
Image: 7 3/4 × 6 3/16 in. (19.7 × 15.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Ira and Virginia Jackson, 1986.127
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1986.127
On View
Not on view
Label Text
published in Le Charivari, 29 May 1842
Quand maman aime bien petit papa, elle appelle petit papa “ma niniche” [When Mama really loves Papa, she calls Papa “my niniche”], plate 13 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 15 June 1840
Quand maman aime bien petit papa, elle appelle petit papa “ma niniche” [When Mama really loves Papa, she calls Papa “my niniche”], plate 13 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 15 June 1840
Paul Gavarni
1840
Image Not Available for Maman dit que vous savez tous les secrets de Polichinelle, mosieu [sic] d’Alby [Mama said that you know all the secrets of Polichinelle, Monsieur d’Alby], plate 28 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 17 December 1840
Maman dit que vous savez tous les secrets de Polichinelle, mosieu [sic] d’Alby [Mama said that you know all the secrets of Polichinelle, Monsieur d’Alby], plate 28 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 17 December 1840
Paul Gavarni
1840
Image Not Available for N’est-ce pas, Mosieu [sic] Prud’homme, qu’il ne faut pas mettre un H à omelette? … là! vois-tu M’man [sic]! … [Isn’t it true, Monsieur Prud’homme that you don’t put an H in omelet? See Mama!], plate 48 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children],
N’est-ce pas, Mosieu [sic] Prud’homme, qu’il ne faut pas mettre un H à omelette? … là! vois-tu M’man [sic]! … [Isn’t it true, Monsieur Prud’homme that you don’t put an H in omelet? See Mama!], plate 48 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children],
Paul Gavarni
1841
Image Not Available for Maman, c’est mosieu [sic] … tu sais, ce mosieu [sic] qui a ce nez [Mama, it’s that gentleman … you know, that gentleman who has that nose], plate 27 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 6 December 1840
Maman, c’est mosieu [sic] … tu sais, ce mosieu [sic] qui a ce nez [Mama, it’s that gentleman … you know, that gentleman who has that nose], plate 27 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 6 December 1840
Paul Gavarni
1840
La canne que papa a trouvée dans l’armoire de maman…[The cane that Papa found in Mama’s closet…], plate 35 from Les Enfans [sic] terrible [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 5 April 1841
La canne que papa a trouvée dans l’armoire de maman…[The cane that Papa found in Mama’s closet…], plate 35 from Les Enfans [sic] terrible [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 5 April 1841
Paul Gavarni
1841
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Qu'est-ce donc qui l'a inventée la poudre, monsieur?...que papa dit que ce n’est pas vous...[Tell me, sir, who discovered the powder?...Because Papa said that it was not you...], plate 10 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivar
Paul Gavarni
1840
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Mosieu [sic], on ne peut pas voir papa, il est en train de faire faillite [Sir, you cannot see my father, he is just about to declare bankruptcy], plate 41 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 7 August 1841
Paul Gavarni
1841
Maman, va venir, pas tout de suite: elle est avec madame Pelet [Mama will come, but not right away: She is with Madame Pelet], plate 9 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 31 May 1840
Maman, va venir, pas tout de suite: elle est avec madame Pelet [Mama will come, but not right away: She is with Madame Pelet], plate 9 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 31 May 1840
Paul Gavarni
1840
Image Not Available for La rose que vous avez donnée à ma maman? … Ah! oui, oui! [The rose that you gave to Mama? … Ah! Yes, yes!], plate 14 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 23 June 1840
La rose que vous avez donnée à ma maman? … Ah! oui, oui! [The rose that you gave to Mama? … Ah! Yes, yes!], plate 14 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 23 June 1840
Paul Gavarni
1840
Papa, empêche donc Françoise de se moquer toujours de moi [Papa, please tell Françoise not to make fun of me], plate 31 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 13 March 1841
Papa, empêche donc Françoise de se moquer toujours de moi [Papa, please tell Françoise not to make fun of me], plate 31 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 13 March 1841
Paul Gavarni
1841
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Est-ce que c’est vrai, mosieu [sic] d’Alby, que tu couperais des liards en quatres [sic] [Is it true, Monsieur d’Alby, that you can cut pennies into four pieces?], plate 37 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in Le Charivari, 10 April 184
Paul Gavarni
1841
Image Not Available for Papa, voilà ton homme de paille! [Papa, here’s your stooge!], plate 44 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in La Caricature, 19 September 1841
Papa, voilà ton homme de paille! [Papa, here’s your stooge!], plate 44 from Les Enfans [sic] terribles [Terrible Children], in La Caricature, 19 September 1841
Paul Gavarni
1841