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The competition at the conservatory: At the 79th audition of "Oh, what a pleasure to be a soldier!", from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 1, 1870

The competition at the conservatory: At the 79th audition of "Oh, what a pleasure to be a soldier!", from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 1, 1870 by Honoré Daumier|Augustin-Eugène Scribe|François Adrien Boieldieu

Medium

Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)

Dimensions

Image: 10 7/16 × 8 13/16 in. (26.5 × 22.4 cm) Sheet: 13 9/16 × 10 15/16 in. (34.4 × 27.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1922

Accession Number

22.61.245

Tags

SatireMen

About the Artist

Honoré Daumier|Augustin-Eugène Scribe|François Adrien Boieldieu · 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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