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Patience is the Virtue of Donkeys

Patience is the Virtue of Donkeys

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Patience is the Virtue of Donkeys
ArtistFrench, 1808–1879
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Patience is the Virtue of Donkeys
Date1840
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsImage: 9 1/8 × 7 3/8 in. (23.2 × 18.8 cm)
 Sheet: 11 7/16 × 8 11/16 in. (29 × 22 cm)
 Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Patrick Montgomery
Object number2026.102
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1840; Patrick Montgomery, New York, 2013-2024 [1]; given to MFAH, 2024.

[1] Patrick Montgomery is a patron of the MFAH Photography department.
Exhibition HistoryNone known for this impression
Published References None known for this impression Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in ink above center top edge of image: Proverbes et Maximes.
Recto: Inscribed in ink above right top edge of image: No. 3
Recto: Initialed in image, bottom left corner: h.D.
Recto: Inscribed in ink below left bottom edge of image: Chez Bauger, R. du Croissant 16
Recto: Inscribed in ink below center bottom edge of image: Chez Aubert, gal. Véro-Dodat.
Recto: Inscribed in ink below right bottom edge of image: Imp. D’Aubert & Cie.
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Catalogue raisonnéDelteil 805; Hazard-Delteil 2451

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