Plate 40: My God! Monseigneur, I am forced to leave for the countryside, allow me to leave my wife behind to keep you company, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires
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Title: Plate 40: My God! Monseigneur, I am forced to leave for the countryside, allow me to leave my wife behind to keep you company, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires
Series/Portfolio: 'Caricaturana'
Artist:
Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
Author:
Charles Philipon (French, Lyons 1800–1862 Paris)
Printer:
Aubert et Cie
Printer:
Junca
Publisher:
Aubert et Cie
Date: 1838
Medium: Lithograph on wove paper; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions:
Image: 9 7/16 × 8 7/8 in. (24 × 22.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/16 × 10 3/16 in. (34.1 × 25.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1953
Accession Number: 53.693.39
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