"I was deprived of the happiness to pick it up... I saw a hundred times an agile rival offer it smiling to our common goddess." from the Little Miseries of Human Life
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Petites Misères de la Vie Humaine
Artist: J. J. Grandville|Auguste Barbant|Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues|Henri Fournier
Artist bio: French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves|French, born Paris 1838|French, Paris 1813–1883 Cannes| 
Artist role: Illustrator|Engraver|Author|Editor
Artist nationality: French|French|French|French
Date: 1843
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (28.5 × 19 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Yvonne Möen Cumerford, 1965
Accession year: 1965
Tags: Men|Women