Plate 5: Robert Macaire as notary public, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

Aubert et Cie|Junca|Charles Philipon|Honoré Daumier

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

Plate 5: Robert Macaire as notary public, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires — Aubert et Cie|Junca|Charles Philipon|Honoré Daumier

O sublime Macaire! You, notary for the whole bank, for the bankers, inventor of the pinched profit, of bribes of all shades and sizes, you're slandered, you're taken for a scoundrel!... Ingratitude of society and their stockholders!

Artist: Aubert et Cie|Junca|Charles Philipon|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