A horsemeat banquet, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 29, 1865

Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

March 29, 1865 · Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil) · Drawings and Prints

A horsemeat banquet, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 29, 1865 — Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches

- How they will be happy, these scientists, will they be happy! - I especially left the horseshoes on the hooves with German sauce to show them, that we are not cheating them, and that they really are being served a horse, nothing else.

Artist
Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier|Destouches
Date
March 29, 1865
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1922
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