La maman – Est il gentil à manger son sucre d'orge!!! … si on ne dirait pas un homme de vingt ans pour la raison! ... je veux qu’il soit avocat ... [The mother: Isn't he cute licking his barley sugar candy ... one would think a young man of twenty years .

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Honoré Daumier

La maman – Est il gentil à manger son sucre d'orge!!! … si on ne dirait pas un homme de vingt ans pour la raison! ... je veux qu’il soit avocat ... [The mother: Isn't he cute licking his barley sugar candy ... one would think a young man of twenty years .

21 Oct 1838

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Artist: Honoré Daumier
Title: La maman – Est il gentil à manger son sucre d'orge!!! … si on ne dirait pas un homme de vingt ans pour la raison! ... je veux qu’il soit avocat ... [The mother: Isn't he cute licking his barley sugar candy ... one would think a young man of twenty years .
Production date: 21 Oct 1838
Medium: lithograph
Dimensions: 242 x 265 mm
Credit line: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1981
Accession No: 1981/50/14/7
Copyright: No known copyright restrictions
Department: International Art
Display status: Not on display

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