Time too feels the urge for modern equipment, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, January 10, 1867

Honoré Daumier

January 10, 1867

Time too feels the urge for modern equipment, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, January 10, 1867 by Honoré Daumier

Medium

Lithograph and pen and brown ink on newsprint; first state of two, proof (Delteil)

Dimensions

Image: 9 3/4 × 8 7/16 in. (24.7 × 21.4 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 10 1/16 in. (29.8 × 25.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926

Accession Number

26.52.1

Tags

Weapons

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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