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The game with the candle extinguisher, A new pastime: They won't be able to reach it .... the Republic's arms are longer than theirs, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, April 1-2, 1872

Honoré Daumier

April 1–2, 1872

The game with the candle extinguisher, A new pastime: They won't be able to reach it .... the Republic's arms are longer than theirs, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, April 1-2, 1872 by Honoré Daumier

Medium

Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)

Dimensions

Image: 9 3/16 × 8 1/16 in. (23.3 × 20.4 cm) Sheet: 11 7/16 × 11 3/4 in. (29 × 29.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1954

Accession Number

54.557.47

Tags

MenCandlesSatire

About the Artist

Honoré Daumier · 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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