Caricaturana: Brevet d'invention, capital 3 millions.
Date1838
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1808–1879)
Illustration CitationLe Charivari, August 19, 1838
MediumSingle-color lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 11 15/16 × 9 5/16 in. (30.3 × 23.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-414
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe caption translates to read:Patent for the invention, capital 3 million.
- What's your name, my good man?
- Me name's Godichard, called swiggle-to-death.
- Ah, so you're the famous Godichard, the inventor of bituminous dust!
- No, Monsieur, it ain't me wot 'ite 'nthe dust.
- But indeed, indeed! And the proof of it is that we're offering five hundred francs for your process, your tools and above all, your name! You'll be manager of the Godichard Bitumen Company.
- What'll I 'ave ter do, Monsieur?
- Nothing but eat, drink, sleep and sign.
- But Monsieur, I don't know 'ow ter sign.
- That don't change noth'n. The rest of us on the board, we'll sign for you.
