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Series Title: News of the Day

I am a bird, see my wings..

1869

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
printer

Destouches

publisher

Arnaud de Vresse

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Newsprint
Measurements
Sheet: 43.3 x 61 cm (17 1/16 x 24 in.); Image: 24.7 x 20.9 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Spector 1946.202
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 3700 ; Hazard-Delteil 141
State
Delteil III/III
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (March 24, 1869) as plate 62 from the series News of the Day.
A vertically oriented lithograph in black ink depicts a caricatured man with a large head, hooked nose, and glasses. Massive, webbed bat wings sprout from his shoulders, while his torso tapers into thin legs standing behind a box labeled URNE ELECTORALE. Fine lines and cross-hatching define the textures of his skin and the expansive wings. Columns of French text and captions fill the bottom third of the aged paper.

I am a bird, see my wings..

1869

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Arnaud de Vresse

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

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