Plate 4: Robert Macaire, discount broker, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

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Yes, Plate 4: Robert Macaire, discount broker, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Aubert et Cie|Junca|Charles Philipon|Honoré Daumier

1838

Plate 4: Robert Macaire, discount broker, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires by Aubert et Cie|Junca|Charles Philipon|Honoré Daumier

Medium

Color lithograph on wove paper; third state of three (Delteil)

Dimensions

Image: 10 1/2 × 8 11/16 in. (26.6 × 22 cm) Sheet: 13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in. (34.1 × 26 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

53.693.26

Tags

Men

Art Historical Context

Step into the satirical world of 19th-century France with *Plate 4: Robert Macaire, discount broker*, a vibrant color lithograph from Honoré Daumier's *Caricaturana*, published in *Les Robert Macaires* in 1838. Created under the direction of publisher Charles Philipon, with printing by Aubert et Cie and Junca, this third-state impression captures Daumier's mastery of caricature during the July Monarchy. The image skewers Robert Macaire—a notorious stage character revived by Philipon and Daumier—as a sly discount broker, embodying the era's corrupt financiers amid economic scandals and speculat...

About the Artist

French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois| |

Plate 4: Robert Macaire, discount broker, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

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