Plate 18: Robert Macaire, banker and juror, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

Junca|Aubert et Cie|Charles Philipon|Aubert et Cie|Honoré Daumier

1838 · Lithograph on wove paper; second state of two (Delteil) · Drawings and Prints

The news can't have reached Bordeaux yet. Take the post, flog ten horses to death, get there first, go strike a bear and we'll scoop another million for certain... I've got to go to the law courts, we're sentencing a knave who stole ten francs... stole ten francs... thorough rascal.

Artist

Junca|Aubert et Cie|Charles Philipon|Aubert et Cie|Honoré Daumier

Date

1838

Medium

Lithograph on wove paper; second state of two (Delteil)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1953