Plate 49: A Landlord, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires

1838
Not on view
  • Oh! Mr. de Macaire, you wouldn't turn us out into the street just for being a miserable quarter late with our rent...
    - Where else should I put you, by devil?
    - But we've spent 30'000Fr. in your shop!...
    - That's another reason, it all comes back to me...
    - And my four poor small children?...
    - What the heavens is that to do with me. I didn't ask you to have them!...

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Plate 49: A Landlord, 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: 8 3/8 × 10 11/16 in. (21.2 × 27.1 cm)
    Sheet: 10 5/16 × 13 7/16 in. (26.2 × 34.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.693.30
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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