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!

Honoré Daumier|Le Charivari

April 8, 1838 · Lithograph with coloring; third state of four · Drawings and Prints

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! — Honoré Daumier|Le Charivari
Artist
Honoré Daumier|Le Charivari
Date
April 8, 1838
Medium
Lithograph with coloring; third state of four
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Georgina W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
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