Marius At Carthage. Soldier, say to the senate that in my noble poverty I have taken for a chair a ruin And if I were in Sylla I would not be sitting here. (Pun attributed to M. Cousin), plate 35 from Histoire Ancienne

published November 13, 1842

Dating: Exact year
Held at: Art Institute of Chicago
Medium: Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, with text added in another hand and letterpress verso
Dimensions: Image: 24.6 × 19.6 cm (9 11/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Sheet: 37.8 × 26.1 cm (14 15/16 × 10 5/16 in.)
Collection no.: 1942.165
Attribution: By the artist

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