Plate 27: Robert Macaire, merchant, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires
- Well, Mr. Macaire, you're starting up business again?
- Yes, I have my bankruptcy certificate. By heavens, my creditors won't complain, I'm giving up to them: drafts drawn upon the firm Bertrand, Wormspire and Co.... A million; letter of credit drawn on the government of the Sandwich Islands... A million; Spanish bonds... A million; my wife's dowry, in shares in bootlaces, umbrellas, ambulant kitchens and other commercial banks... a million. Total, four million and I only owe three. Nobody can accuse me of losing a sou!...
- But it seems very difficult to recover your shares. Do you believe that they'll be able to cash them in?
- Ah! That's absolutely nothing to do with me, I assure you. It's my creditors' affair and I don't interfere in other people's affairs.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 27: Robert Macaire, merchant, 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 in. × 8 13/16 in. (22.9 × 22.4 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/16 × 10 3/16 in. (34.2 × 25.9 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1953
- Object Number: 53.693.52
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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