Caricaturana: Monsieur Daumier, votre série des Robert-Macaires est une chose charmante!
Date1838
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French painter, printmaker, and sculptor, 1808–1879)
Illustration CitationLe Charivari, April 8, 1838
MediumSingle-color lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 11 11/16 × 9 1/4 in. (29.7 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-413
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe caption translates to read:Monsieur Daumier, your Robert-Macaire series is delightful! It's an exact picture of the thieves of our period... the faithful portrait of innumerable crooked characters one finds everywhere—in business, in politics, in bureaucracy, in finance, everywhere! everywhere! The scoundrels must bear you quite a grudge... But you have the esteem of honest people... You haven't been given the Cross of Honor yet?... That's really shocking!
