Artwork Information

  • Title:

    Naughty Children, Part of Set of 27 Plates

  • Artist:

    Gavarni, Paul

  • Artist Bio:

    French, 1804–1866

  • Date:

    about 1838–46

  • Medium:

    Lithograph

  • Dimensions:

    7 3/4 x 6 1/16 inches

  • Credit Line:

    Wichita Art Museum, L.S. and Ida L. Naftzger Collection of Prints

  • Object Number:

    1943.83

  • Display:

    Not Currently on Display


About the Artwork

Monsieur Albert? c’est un monsieur du Jardin-des-Plantes, qui vient tous les jours pour faire l’explication des bêtes _ Maman: un grand qui a des moustaches que tu ne connais pas.  Il n’est venu aujourd’hui qu’apres qu’on a eu fermé les singes . . . tu sais comme est maman?  elle l’a joliment arrangé, va! . . . . . . . .  Oh! comme tu n’en a presque plus sur le dessus, des cheveux, Papa! . . . .

 

Monsieur Albert? He’s a man form the Botanical Gardens who comes every day to give Mama lessons on the animals . . . a tall man with a moustache whom you don’t know. He didn’t come today until the monkeys were shut away.  You know Mama – she really gave him a piece of her mind! Oh! You have hardly any hair left on top, Papa!