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Series Title: Ancient History

The Mother of the Gracchi

1842

Honoré Daumier

(French, 1808–1879)
publisher

Aubert

Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
lithograph
Support
Cream wove paper
Measurements
Sheet: 34.2 x 26.4 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.); Image: 24 x 19.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1925.1021
Catalogue raisonné
Daumier Register / Delteil 970 ; Hazard-Delteil 1946
State
IV/IV
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This print was published in Le Charivari (December 23, 1842) as plate 46 from the series Ancient History.
A vertically oriented lithograph in black ink depicts two women in Roman-style robes beside a table with animal-shaped legs. On the left, a slender woman holds jewelry over an open chest. On the right, a stouter woman gestures toward two unkempt children; one stands picking their nose while the other sprawls on the floor. Faint columns and silhouettes appear in the background, framed by printed French text and artist initials.

The Mother of the Gracchi

1842

Honoré Daumier, Aubert

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

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