Plate 39: Robert Macaire business agent, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires
- By the devil! It's really admirable of you to break your back to pay off your debts, my good chap, wipe them out at once!
- But how?
- Good heavens! Bring me your books, I'll put them in order, it's my specialty, we'll settle for a few liabilities, a large number of assets, we'll assemble your creditors, we'll offer five percent to be paid over ten years, you won't give them anything during the ten years, in ten years' time you'll start again, your creditors will be dead, the debts forgotten and nobody will say a word about it.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate 39: Robert Macaire business agent, 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 9/16 × 8 9/16 in. (24.3 × 21.8 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
- Object Number: 53.693.40
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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