Believe me, take my arm! After having been chained for such a long time you will not be strong enough to walk on your own!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, September 22, 1866
September 22, 1866
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Hazard & Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 10 in. × 8 1/4 in. (25.4 × 21 cm) Sheet: 11 15/16 × 11 7/8 in. (30.3 × 30.2 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
62.650.490
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Art Historical Context
This satirical lithograph, titled *Believe me, take my! After having been chained such a long time you not be strong enough to on your own!*, in the September 22, 1866, issue of *Leivari*'s "News of the" section. Created by Honoré Daumier in collaboration with Arnaud de V and Destouches, it the sharp political caricature for which Daumier was during France's Second Empire under Napoleon III. Published on newsprint as the third (final) state of three, per Hazard & Delteil cataloguing, the work measures about 10 by 8¼ inches and captures a dramatic exchange between figures—a man offering aid to ...
About the Artist
Arnaud de Vresse|Honoré Daumier|Destouches (French|French|French) · 1808 |1800 |1856 –1879 |1900 |1870
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris|