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Very High and Mighty Legitimist Brats. Peoples, defend yourselves, tear yourselves to pieces, sacrifice yourselves for these royals, you belong to them, imbeciles.
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Honoré Daumier

Very High and Mighty Legitimist Brats. Peoples, defend yourselves, tear yourselves to pieces, sacrifice yourselves for these royals, you belong to them, imbeciles.

1833

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Very High and Mighty Legitimist Brats. Peoples, defend yourselves, tear yourselves to pieces, sacrifice yourselves for these royals, you belong to them, imbeciles.

Honoré Daumier

Very High and Mighty Legitimist Brats. Peoples, defend yourselves, tear yourselves to pieces, sacrifice yourselves for these royals, you belong to them, imbeciles.

Honoré Daumier

Very High and Mighty Legitimist Brats. Peoples, defend yourselves, tear yourselves to pieces, sacrifice yourselves for these royals, you belong to them, imbeciles.

1833

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 365 x 545 mm. (14 3/8 x 21 7/16 in.) Image: 345 x 487 mm. (13 9/16 x 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Purchased as the gift of Ethel and Robert L. Berney, Baltimore
Object Number 1993.157
Published in L'Association Mensuelle, February 1834.
Dr. ZB/Peter Morse
Sona Johnston, BMA (Jacobs Gallery 3), "Honoré Daumier and the Art of Caricature," 19 November 2003 - 21 March 2004.

Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Daumier and the Art of Caricature', Nov. 7, 1989-Jan. 14, 1990.

Inscribed: FACE: in plate, UL, '19e. Dessin de L'association Mensuelle (mois de Fevrier)'; below image, L, 'Chez Aubert, galerie vero dodat'; R, 'L. de Bernard'; along bottom, 'TRES HAUTS ET TRES PUISSANS MOUTARDS ET MOUTARDES LEGITIMES./Peuples battez vous, dechirez vous, egorgez vous, pour ces Augustes personnages vous leur appartenez imbecilles'. VERSO: (graphite), LL corner, 'PME'; LC, R of C, '04470'; UL corner, (2 illegible scribbles); LR corner, (two stamps, 1 red, 1 yellow), (Dr. ZB).

Markings: none

Artist

Honoré Daumier

1807–1878

French, 1808-1879
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NADAR ELEVATING PHOTOGRAPHY TO ART
Honoré Daumier
Nadar Elevating Photography to Art
1861
A CLASSICAL POET COMPOSING AN ECLOGUE ABOUT THE QUIET PASTORAL LIFE... "AND THESE WRETCHED JOURNALISTS WILL SAY THAT MY STYLE IS VAGUE. HOW ON EARTH CAN YOU BE CLEAR WITH SUCH COLLABORATORS?!"
Honoré Daumier
A classical poet composing an eclogue about the quiet pastoral life... "and these wretched journalists will say that my style is vague. How on earth can you be clear with such collaborators?!"
1839
UN GUICHET DE THÉATRE.
Charles Maurand and Honoré Daumier
Un Guichet de théatre.
1861
PALENQUE DE LOS MOROS HECHO CON BURROS PARA DEFENDERSE DEL TORO EMBOLADO (THE MOORS USE DONKEYS AS A BARRIER TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST THE BULL WHOSE HORNS HAVE BEEN TIPPED WITH BALLS)
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Palenque de los moros hecho con burros para defenderse del toro embolado (The Moors use Donkeys as a Barrier to defend themselves against the bull whose horns have been tipped with balls)
1815
CROQUADE DIVERS
Unknown Artist and Honoré Daumier
Croquade Divers
1839
YES SIR, IN EXCHANGE FOR A SMALL PREMIUM WITH OUR INSURANCE, YOU CAN BE ASSURED FOR DEATH....FOR DEATH IN A PROPER GENTLEMANLY MANNER. WHEN YOU GO OFF IN A FINE HEARSE, VERY COMFORTABLE, TO BE MOURNED BY THE POOR PEOPLE OF THE DISTRICT, AND LEAVING AN INCONSOLABLE WIDOW IN GOLDEN LETTERS ON YOUR GRAVE.... - AND IF YOU DON'T KEEP YOUR PROMISES? - THEN YOU CAN STILL GIVE US A RECEIPT AND SUE US BEFORE A TRIBUNAL.
Honoré Daumier
Yes sir, in exchange for a small premium with our insurance, you can be assured for death....for death in a proper gentlemanly manner. When you go off in a fine hearse, very comfortable, to be mourned by the poor people of the district, and leaving an inconsolable widow in golden letters on your grave.... - And if you don't keep your promises? - Then you can still give us a receipt and sue us before a tribunal.
1837
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
1897–1907
A FASHIONABLE DRESSCOAT. - MONSIEUR, I ASSURE YOU THAT THIS SUIT IS VERY BECOMING!.... - YES, BOTH BECOMING AND ECONOMICAL.... WITH A JACKET LIKE THIS, ONE COULD VERY WELL ANSWER THE DOOR AND BE TAKEN FOR ONE'S OWN SERVANT!
Honoré Daumier
A fashionable dresscoat. - Monsieur, I assure you that this suit is very becoming!.... - Yes, both becoming and economical.... with a jacket like this, one could very well answer the door and be taken for one's own servant!
1844
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
1897–1907
FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING. MR. COQUELET, YOU ARE A UNSOCIAL BEING, CONSPIRING WITH YOUR DOG. TWICE NOW I'VE HAD 149 POINTS, AND HE'S JUMPED UP ON THE TABLE AND MIXES UP EVERYTHING. YOUR DOG IS AN ACCOMPLICE! AN YOU ARE AN OLD CHEAT.
Honoré Daumier
Five o'clock in the evening. Mr. Coquelet, you are a unsocial being, conspiring with your dog. Twice now I've had 149 points, and he's jumped up on the table and mixes up everything. Your dog is an accomplice! An you are an old cheat.
1838
THE GRAND STAIRWAY OF THE PALAIS DE JUSTICE
Alfred Prunaire and Honoré Daumier
The Grand Stairway of the Palais de Justice
1886–1899
WHEN YOU LEFT YOUR REPAST TO REMOVE THE DEAD, TO CONCEAL THEM IN YOUR HOUSE, AND BURY THEM AT NIGHT, I OFFERED YOUR PRAYER TO THE LORD
Louis Audran, Sébastien Bourdon, and others
When you Left your Repast to Remove the Dead, to Conceal them in your House, and Bury them at Night, I Offered your Prayer to the Lord
1783–1813