The Past. The Present. The Future (Le passé. Le présent. L'avenir), from La Caricature, plate 349
Lithograph satirizing King Louis-Philippe, depicting the monarch with three faces - the past, the present, and the future - referring to the hope that he inspired when he first came to power and the hostility his reign quickly generated.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Past. The Present. The Future (Le passé. Le présent. L'avenir), from La Caricature, plate 349
- Series/Portfolio: La Caricature
- Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois)
- Lithographer: Becquet
- Publisher: Aubert et Cie
- Date: January 9, 1834
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in. (25.1 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 in. × 10 11/16 in. (35.6 × 27.1 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941
- Object Number: 41.66(7-1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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