Coachman, for the hand of our daughter!..., from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, June 6, 1867
June 6, 1867
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; fourth state of four (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 10 1/16 in. × 9 in. (25.5 × 22.8 cm) Sheet: 12 1/4 × 12 3/16 in. (31.1 × 31 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.61.235
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Coachman, for the Hand Our Daughter!** is a sharp satirical lithograph by Honoré Daumier published in the French journal *Le Charivari* on June 6, 1867. Part of the "News of the Day", this fourth-state impression on newsprint captures Daumier's mastery of caricature during the Second Empire. Alongside collaborators like Destouches and Arnaud de Vresse, Daumier skewered the hypocrisies of bourgeois, often highlighting class tensions and mercenary marriages through exaggerated figures and witty captions. The image likely depicts a comically awkward marriage proposal involving a coachman, poki...
About the Artist
Destouches|Arnaud de Vresse|Honoré Daumier (French|French) · 1808 |1800 –1879 |1900
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris