“- It's just because he's your friend, and because he has been introduced to me by you that I will let him subscribe to the last 20 shares of my colossal newspaper the EUROPEAN.... it will be a gold mine, and one day, he will thank you properly for it,” plate 7 from Les Amis
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.7 × 18.9 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 27.5 cm (14 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
141939
About the Artist
Honoré-Victorin Daumier · 1808–1879
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...