Les Augures de l'Empire...

1850

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names
Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This is a drawing of two figures wearing masks in front of a neoclassical building. The drawing depicts two figures standing before a building labeled "Assemblée Nationale," which resembles a Greek or Roman temple with its classic columns and pediment. The figures, clad in robes and wearing theatrical masks, are standing next to a cage labeled "Canards sacrés," or "Sacred Ducks," with several ducks poking their heads out from the bars. "Constitutionnel" is written on the ground in front of the cage. The style of the drawing is indicative of 19th-century political cartoons.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1958.8.37

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 1996, State i/ii


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Wikidata ID

Q65357167

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