Caricaturana: Ecris: Monsieur, En réponse à la lettre...

Date1838

Artist Honoré Daumier (French painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1808–1879)

Illustration CitationLe Charivari, June 1, 1838

MediumSingle-color lithograph

Dimensionssheet: 11 13/16 × 9 3/16 in. (30 × 23.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978

Object number1978-412

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ClassificationsPRINT

Label TextThe caption translates to read:

- Write down the following: "Monsieur, in reply to the letter which I had the honor of receiving from you, I regret to inform you that all the shares in the "European Company of fireproof Waxing" are completely sold out. However, I have registered your application and in the event of a new issue, I should be pleased to notify you immediately. I remain, yours etc., R. Macaire, Director." Have 300'000 copies printed at once and flood the whole of France with them...
- How? We haven't placed a single share, we haven't a single order, we haven't even a single sou and you...
- Bertrand, you're as wet as a fish... Do what I tell you and you'll see...