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Mon bon ami, faites-moi le plaisir de signer ...

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Honoré Daumier

Associated Names

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This image depicts two men conversing. One man is tall and thin, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and holding a document in one hand. The other man is shorter and older, hunched over, wearing a long coat, and holding onto a hat. The drawing is in a caricature style, reminiscent of 19th-century satirical cartoons, with text below the image indicating a conversation about signing a petition against mandatory education.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer)
Accession Number

2015.143.867
Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 3907, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q77014682

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