See, Mr. Réac, it is quite enought!, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 30, 1871

Honoré Daumier

March 30, 1871 · Gillotage on newsprint · Drawings and Prints

Following France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and the fall of Napoleon III, thousands of working-class Parisians revolted against the new royalist-leaning, Versailles-based government and declared Paris an independent commune on March 28, 1871. Published just two days after the proclamation, this print shows Daumier’s concern for the lives already lost in recent conflict and the bloodshed to come. An allegory of Paris points to a hillside filled with graves to tell the cowering reactionary that there are more than enough dead. This work proved to be prophetic as the Commune ended two months later with violent suppression by the French Army, known as "Bloody Week."

Artist

Honoré Daumier

Date

March 30, 1871

Medium

Gillotage on newsprint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957