Plate 36: Well? Well? What about your dowry?, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires
Medium
Lithograph on wove paper; third state of three (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 9 5/8 × 8 7/16 in. (24.5 × 21.4 cm) Sheet: 13 3/8 × 10 3/16 in. (34 × 25.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1953
Accession Number
53.693.43
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the satirical world of 19th-century France with *Plate 36: Well? Well? What about yourry?* from *Caricaturana*, published in *Les Robert Macaires (1838). Created by master caricaturist Honoré Daier under the direction of publisher Charles Philipon, with printing by Aubert et Cie Junca, this lith captures the sharp wit of Paris's burgeoning satirical press. During the July Monarchy,on and Daumier journals like *Le Chariv* to lampoon social hypocrisies, with the scheming Robert Macaire as their cynical anti-hero symbolizing greed and corruption. The image humorously skewers marriage c...
About the Artist
Charles Philipon|Aubert et Cie|Honoré Daumier|Junca|Aubert et Cie · 1800–1862
French, Lyons 1800–1862 Paris