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Display Status

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Object Details

Date

c. 1839

Type

ART-Prints, Original

Medium

Print, Etching on Paper, Uncolored

Artist

Maurisset

Physical Description

Uncolored etching of a satirical depiction of a man selling Pommade de Lion. A man with a lion's head is standing on a stage hawking the Pommade, while a very long line of people waits to get the product. The foreground shows bald people rubbing it on their heads, and people with very exaggerated hair who have already used it. A balloon is tethered to the ground in the background. The balloon is labeled: "no. 537. Envoi de Pommade aux Habitants de la Lune."

Dimensions

Mat: 33 × 40.6cm (13 × 16 in.)
Unmatted: 21.9 × 31.8cm (8 5/8 × 12 1/2 in.)

Inventory Number

A20140595000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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