A father looks over his vaccinated, ugly child and is glad that his face will be spared the blemishes of smallpox. Lithograph by H. Daumier, 1846.

  • Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879.
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1846
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16929i
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Les beaux jours de la vie
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A father looks over his vaccinated, ugly child and is glad that his face will be spared the blemishes of smallpox. Lithograph by H. Daumier, 1846. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Paris (Pl. de la Bourse, 29) : Aubert & C.ie, 1846 (Imp. d'Aubert & C.ie)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; image 33.7 x 26.3 cm.

Lettering

Les beaux jours de la vie. Un père heureux. H.D. ... Lettering continues: -Voilà donc mon enfant vacciné...je suis certain maintenant qu'il conservera désormais toute sa beauté!... Bears number by signature : 873

References note

Jean Adhémar, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome cinquième, Paris 1949, pp. 488-490, Daumier no. 182.85 ("182. Les beaux jours de la vie, suite de 100 pl., en second état,dans le Charivari, déc. 1843-sept. 1846: ... 85. Un père heureux... [L. D. 1173 ...")

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Wellcome Collection 16929i

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