Caricaturana: Robert Macair Md. de Bibles
Date1838
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1808–1879)
Illustration CitationLe Charivari, September 13, 1838
MediumSingle-color lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 11 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (30.2 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-424
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe caption translates to read: Robert Macaire, Salesman in Bibles.
- (Bertrand): The subscribers claim that we are swindlers, thieves... I mean purloiners, and they are kicking... er, I mean, turning us out.
- (Robert): What expressions to use, you rascal... you must address me more decently or I kick... er, I mean push you out of the door. It's you highfaluting manner, your high pitched twaddle, that riles the subscribers. Stop that! If they throw you out of the door, go back through the rear window... if they slap your face, turn your other cheek... but don't you come back here without subscriptions, or I ... well, never mind!
