Plate 24: Gigs in action, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires
- Cabriolets and a share in horse business. It just won't run, my horse eats me alive, my costs devour me, I'm dying of hunger.
- Poor old Bertrand, you really are stupid. Change your old nag for a thorough-bred, your cheap old crock for a Tilbury, your miserable livery for a jockey's silks, cast your share of fortune into stocks... Capital of three hundred thousand francs! Promises, jokes without rhyme or reason, increase your outlay, reduce the profits, you'll make up on the quantity...
- On the quantity of what?
- The quantity of shares, you mug!!
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 24: Gigs in action, 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 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (24.4 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/16 × 10 1/16 in. (34.1 × 25.6 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1953
- Object Number: 53.693.7
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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