The Hired Clapper, plate 19 from "Artists and Bonvivants of Paris," published in Le Charivari

Honoré Daumier French
 Publisher Aubert et Cie French

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Translation of caption: "Devil, this is going to be a heated night: A new play in three acts; the comedian wants me to burst out laughing, the heroine wants me to cry, the author wants me to stamp my feet, and the noble old lady wants me to applaud…. that’s how it is done!"

The Hired Clapper, plate 19 from "Artists and Bonvivants of Paris," published in Le Charivari, Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois), Lithograph on newsprint; second state of three

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