Thanks, I can do quite well without!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, December 29, 1871
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/8 × 7 7/8 in. (23.2 × 20 cm) Sheet: 12 1/2 in. × 11 in. (31.7 × 28 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1948
Accession Number
48.117.8
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the turbulent aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune, Honoré Daumier captured the pulse of French politics with biting satire in *Thanks, I can do quite without!*, published in the daily satirical newspaper *Le Charivari* on December 29, 1. This lithograph from the "News of the Day" series, likely skewers the royalist pretenders vying for power during the fragile Third Republic. Figures like Émile de Girardin, prominent journalist and publisher, and Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans, heir to the legitimist Comte de Chambord (de jure Henry V), appear amid a scene tagged with men ...
About the Artist
Honoré Daumier|Emile de Girardin|Louis Philippe Albert d'Orleans, Comte de Paris (heir to Comte de Chambord, de jure Henry V of France) · 1810–1879
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...