Geogaphic Scarves. "Look Dodolphe, this is really the last sacrifice I'll do for your education... if you still don't get your geography right, it means you are completely clogged up... this time I'll stick your nose into it. To start with, you'll just need to make sure during the first day to only blow your nose in Normandy.... I'll slap you in the face if you blow your nose in the Channel!," plate 89 from Actualités

Geogaphic Scarves. "Look Dodolphe, this is really the last sacrifice I'll do for your education... if you still don't get your geography right, it means you are completely clogged up... this time I'll stick your nose into it. To start with, you'll just need to make sure during the first day to only blow your nose in Normandy.... I'll slap you in the face if you blow your nose in the Channel!," plate 89 from Actualités by Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Medium

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 19.2 × 22.1 cm (7 9/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 32.4 cm (10 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Classification

lithograph

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

7797

About the Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier · 18081879

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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