Plate 7: Ladies and gentlemen!, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

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

1838 · Color lithograph on wove paper; third state of three (Delteil) · Drawings and Prints

Silver mines, gold mines, diamond mines are only thin gruel and stale rolls in comparison with coal... But even so, (you're going to say), you're selling your shares for a million?... I'm not selling my shares, gentlemen, I'm giving them away for 200 miserable francs, I'm giving two for every one, I'm giving away a needle, an ear-pick, a bodkin, and what's more, I give you my blessing into the bargain. Bring out the big drum!

Artist

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

Date

1838

Medium

Color lithograph on wove paper; third state of three (Delteil)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1953