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The Jayotype. Mr. Jay: The gentleman is married? The gentleman: Certainly, but how the devil did you know that? Mr. Jay: Oh, its that this instrument is perfect, no curve of the head, no bump on the forehead can escape it. The gentleman: How ingenious

The Jayotype. Mr. Jay: The gentleman is married? The gentleman: Certainly, but how the devil did you know that? Mr. Jay: Oh, its that this instrument is perfect, no curve of the head, no bump on the forehead can escape it. The gentleman: How ingenious
(Le Jayotype. M. JAY - Monsieur est marié? - LE MONSIEUR - Certainement, mais comment diable voyez-vous ça? - M. JAY - Oh! c'est que cet instrument est si parfait qu'aucun contour de la tête, aucune protuberance du front surtout ne lui échappe. - LE MONSIEUR - Ah! c'est fort ingénieux!!)
(1842)
no. 60 from the Moeurs conjugales (Marital etiquette) series

Medium
lithograph
Measurements
23.3 × 22.4 cm irreg. (image) 26.0 × 22.4 cm (image and text) 28.0 × 22.6 cm irreg. (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 683 iii/iii
Edition
3rd of 3 states
Printing/Publishing
printed by Aubert & Cie, Paris; published by Bauger, Paris
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Chez Bauger & Cie (. under ie) Rue. du Croissant, 16.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.r.: h.D.
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 417
printed in ink l.r.: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie (. under ie)
Accession Number
4329-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1930
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display