–A bite, what luck! –I forbid you to catch a fish before I do, don't forget, I am your Vice-President!, from 'The fishing club,' published in Le Charivari, January 31, 1866

–A bite, what luck! –I forbid you to catch a fish before I do, don't forget, I am your Vice-President!, from 'The fishing club,' published in Le Charivari, January 31, 1866 by Honoré Daumier|Destouches|Aaron Martinet

Medium

Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)

Dimensions

Image: 9 3/8 × 8 5/8 in. (23.8 × 21.9 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 10 9/16 in. (29.8 × 26.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962

Accession Number

62.650.399

Tags

MenFishing

About the Artist

Honoré Daumier|Destouches|Aaron Martinet · 18101879

Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879) was a prolific French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor whose works offered incisive commentary on the social and political life of 19th-century France. Known as the 'Michelangelo of Caricature,' Daumier produced over 4,000 lithographs, 500 paintings, 1,000 drawings, and 100 sculptures during his lifetime. His biting political satire led to his imp...

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