![Démolitions pour le percement du Boulevard St. Germain [Demolition for the Building of Boulevard St. Germain]](/internal/media/dispatcher/864/preview)
Démolitions pour le percement du Boulevard St. Germain [Demolition for the Building of Boulevard St. Germain]
Artist
Maxime Lalanne
(French, 1827 – 1886)
Date1863–64
Period19th century
MediumEngraving on paper
DimensionsImage size: 12 5/8 × 9 9/16 inches
Object size: 17 5/16 × 13 inches
Mat size: 20 × 16 inches
Object size: 17 5/16 × 13 inches
Mat size: 20 × 16 inches
Credit LineGift of Nancy Chushman Baldwin
Object number1979.041
Curatorial DepartmentEuropean Art (pre 1900)
_Place of OriginFrance
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[The Nurse. No question, the fruit vendors are the only ones who introduce you to interesting cases… an epileptic, a hydrophobic, and a lunatic!… And if the vendor could get me that case of tuberculosis he promised, it would really do me some good!]
from the series Bohémiens de Paris, number 15, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/899/thumbnail)
Winslow Homer
1868, published February 22, 1868
Object number: 1986.022
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Auguste Salzmann
1854
Object number: 2004.053
![–“Adieu!…. Adieu!… à la Grâce de Dieu… Adieu… Adieu!… etc.” -Sacrrristi!… est-ce que vous vous moquez de monde?… v’là deux heures que vous me criez Adieu…, mais fichez-moi donc le camp une bonne fois pour toutes!…. sacrrristi.
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Honoré Daumier
published February 1, 1843
Object number: 2014.181
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[A child with little ambitions: the Constitutionnel will keep him busy for the whole evening.]
from the series Les Papas, number 11, published in Le Charivari](/internal/media/dispatcher/5052/thumbnail)
Honoré Daumier
published June 17, 1847
Object number: 2014.192