–You take your pin-gun in your hand like this.... you fire... puff... this kills ten times more people than the old system... –Ah, yes papa, this is what one calls progress, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 8, 1866

Destouches|Arnaud de Vresse|Honoré Daumier

August 8, 1866 · Lithograph on newsprint · Drawings and Prints

–You take your pin-gun in your hand like this.... you fire... puff... this kills ten times more people than the old system... –Ah, yes papa, this is what one calls progress, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, August 8, 1866 — Destouches|Arnaud de Vresse|Honoré Daumier
Artist
Destouches|Arnaud de Vresse|Honoré Daumier
Date
August 8, 1866
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
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