Is this really what the philosophers were thinking of when they asked that the nations should form a mutual bundle?, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 22, 1867

Is this really what the philosophers were thinking of when they asked that the nations should form a mutual bundle?, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 22, 1867 by Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse|Destouches

Medium

Lithograph on newsprint; third state of three (Delteil)

Dimensions

Image: 9 1/4 × 8 11/16 in. (23.5 × 22 cm) Sheet: 11 5/16 × 11 9/16 in. (28.8 × 29.3 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957

Accession Number

57.650.233

Tags

MenSatire

About the Artist

Honoré Daumier|Arnaud de Vresse|Destouches · 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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