If you knew how pretty you are! (1841): Art, History and Details
If you knew how pretty you are! at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1841, lithograph. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
If you knew how pretty you are! (1841) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This print was published in Le Charivari (March 6, 1843) as plate 6 from the series The Musicians of Paris. The collection had first been published in La Caricature, between August and November, 1841.
Object facts
- Title: If you knew how pretty you are!
- Date: 1841
- Creator attribution: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Type: Print
- Technique: lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 36.4 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Image: 24 x 18.2 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
- Collection: PR - Lithograph
- Department: Prints
- Accession number: 1942.928
Collection credit
Gift of George W. Bierce
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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