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Rue Transnonain, April 15, 1834

1834

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Chine colle on cream wove support
Measurements
Sheet: 36.5 x 55 cm (14 3/8 x 21 5/8 in.); Image: 28.6 x 44 cm (11 1/4 x 17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ralph King 1924.809
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 135 ; Hazard-Delteil 310
State
only state
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Although government censors approved publication of this print, they seized it upon its exhibition in a Parisian print shop.

Description

Although it supported the French middle class, the government of Louis-Philippe (1773–1850) oppressed workers. The rebellion of the silk weavers of Lyon, who toiled 18 hours a day for a pittance, touched off a sympathetic revolt in Paris. During the uprising, sniper fire directed toward government troops emanated from a house on the Rue Transnonain. In retaliation, the soldiers indiscriminately massacred residents, including old men, women, and children. In this haunting image, Daumier focused attention on the human suffering and loss of life, emphasizing the innocence of the victims and the violence of their deaths. Between 1830 and 1835 censorship laws had been suspended, allowing Charles Philipon (1806–1862) to publish a number of periodicals like L'Association Mensuelle, where Rue Transnonain appeared. Daumier, one of the most accomplished and prolific lithographers of the 19th century, often provided caricatures criticizing contemporary political abuses or satirizing French society.
Print in black ink with a central person, eyes closed and mouth open, slumped against the side of a bed, body on the floor and head angled up against the disheveled sheets. They wear a night gown, the head and arms of a face-down child sticking out from underneath them. On the floor to our left stick the feet of another person, and into the lower right corner, the face of an older person.

Rue Transnonain, April 15, 1834

1834

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
France, 19th century

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