A street scene with building work going on: an old man holds his cap out to a well-dressed man who refuses to help him. Lithograph by Joseph Louis Hippolyte Bellangé.
- Bellangé, H. (Hippolyte), 1800-1866.
- Date:
- [1824]
- Reference:
- 32192i
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In the background are old houses of multiple occupation in Paris. Left, a new house with more expensive features is being constructed. Several builders are shown at work on the left
Publication/Creation
[Paris] : [Gihaut], [1824]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 22.4 x 17.6 cm
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Lettering
Tenez mon ancien. On n'peut rien vous faire brave homme. Hte. Bellangé.
References note
Jules Adeline, Hippolyte Bellangé et son oeuvre, Paris: A. Quantin, 1880, p. 177, no. 41
Jean Laran, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome deuxième, Paris 1937, p. 91, Hippolyte Bellangé no. 29 ("29. Croquis lithographiques... 1824, chez Gihaut (deuxième album, pl. impr. en déc. 1823): … Tenez mon ancien. On n'peut rien vous faire brave homme [A. 41")
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Wellcome Collection 32192i
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