Caricaturana: Une Autre Fois Je Fis Encore Un Bon Tour...
Date1838
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1808–1879)
Illustration CitationLe Charivari, November 15, 1838
MediumSingle-color lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 11 13/16 × 9 5/16 in. (30 × 23.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-422
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe caption translates to read:The other day, I pulled off another smart trick... I had set up a firm with a capital of ten million francs to exploit top boots in cardboard ... I had placed only eight shares worth a petty 1200 francs... I called together my eight shareholders and held forth in something like the following manner: "Ah! Good-day ye strolling gentlemen, how handsome you are, how fine you seem!" I promised them more cheese than bread, I gave them a 50% dividend, I warmed them up a bit and let them simmer... The following day they couldn't get hold of my shares fast enough, I placed all of them and at the next meeting I said: "The last time I did the books I made a mistake. I forgot to take into account the price of the cardboard and its fabrication. You must return the dividend I gave you, I'm going to hold it back... I put down nothing and kept back the rest. Ha! Ha! Ha! Laughed Bertrand. He! He! He! Laughed Wormspire.
