Honoré Daumier  (1808 – 1879)

DE 1629

Summer holidays

Series: Croquis Aquatiques.

Subject: Summer holidays at the beach.

Title: Madame Prudhomme, ne nous pressons pas, ne nous presson pas, rappleons nons que la dignite doit présider à tous les actes de notre vie ...... distingue l'homme du reste animaux ! .…
(- Madame Prudhomme, let's go slowly, very slowly, let's remember that dignity should lead all our life... dignity alone distinguishes man from the rest of the animals.)

Page No 2, Stone No 676, from the satirical newspaper “Le Charivari“. Monogrammed on the stone 'h.D'.

Lithograph by Honoré Daumier, Paris 1854, 25 x 27,5 cm. With passepartout.

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