Will she be helped enough..., from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, June 17, 1870
June 17, 1870
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 9 3/16 × 8 3/8 in. (23.4 × 21.3 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 in. × 11 in. (29.8 × 27.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.650.418
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the sharp-witted world of 19th-century French satire with *Will she be helped enough*, a lithograph published in the daily newspaper *Le Chariv* on June 17, 1870. Created the masterful Honoré Daumier in collaboration with Arnaud de V and Destouches, this captures the tense political atmosphere of the Second French Empire on the brink of the Franco-Prussian. Daumier, a pioneer of caricature, often used exaggerated figures to skewer the powerful, and here the title hints at a beleaguered female figure—likely symbolizing France—questioning if aid from bumbling male rescuers will suffice...
About the Artist
Arnaud de Vresse|Honoré Daumier|Destouches (French|French|French) · 1808 |1800 |1856 –1879 |1900 |1870
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris|