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Series Title: News of the Day

To think that I might soon be reduced to exchanging my crown for a simple hat!

1855

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: 32.4 x 25.2 cm (12 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.); Image: 24.2 x 20 cm (9 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Spector 1947.325
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 2554 ; Hazard-Delteil 3079
State
II/III
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (December 1, 1855) as plate 249 from the series News of the Day.
A vertically oriented lithograph depicts a man with a large mustache in profile, looking down at a top hat held in his hands. He wears an ornate crown, a military jacket, tall boots, and a sword. To his right stands a table with papers. Fine hatching creates depth and shadows across the scene. Faint, reversed text appears above the man, while French text lines the bottom margin.

To think that I might soon be reduced to exchanging my crown for a simple hat!

1855

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

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

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