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Series Title: News of the Day

Why are they taking away my money...

1854

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
printer

Destouches

publisher

Mon. Martinet, r. Rivoli, et 41 r. Vivienne

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Newsprint
Measurements
Sheet: 24.6 x 30.1 cm (9 11/16 x 11 7/8 in.); Image: 21.3 x 26.6 cm (8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Spector 1947.324
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 2518 ; Hazard-Delteil 2994
State
II/II
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (June 17, 1854) as plate 71 from the series News of the Day.
A horizontally oriented black ink lithograph on off-white paper depicts several figures. Furthest left, a large soldier stands in profile with hands clasped, wearing a cuirass, long sword, and bird-crested helmet. Next, to our right, four smaller men retreat; two carry sacks marked with numbers. Sketchy hatch marks create shadows across the ground. Finally, French text and the initials "h.D." are positioned at the bottom of the composition.

Why are they taking away my money...

1854

Honoré Daumier, Destouches, Mon. Martinet, r. Rivoli, et 41 r. Vivienne

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

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