Mr. de Robert Macaire Restaurateur

1836

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

Edouard Bouvenne

Artist, French, 19th century

Aubert

Publisher, French

Charles Philipon

Author, French, 1802 - 1862

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.6 × 27.1 cm (14 × 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2003.28.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 365, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frederick Mulder, London); purchased by NGA, 2003

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

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.

Inscriptions

by Bouvenne, in brown ink, around edge of sheet beginning at top: Modelle; Pour la Collection de 1839; Modele de la Grande Collectione / de 1839 par Edouard Bouvenne; Bouvenne; below image, lower left: Ch Ph invt HD lith; lower right below image: Imp. d'Aubert et de Junca; upper right above image: Caricaturana No. 12; lower center below image: Mr. de Robert-Macaire restaurateur. / Nous exploiterons la carotte en grand! Nous servirons le potage en voiture, nous aurons des tables sur toutes / les bornes, nous ferons pleuvoir dans Paris les allouettes roties…… Nous ….. Avez-vous déjà réalisé quelque / chose de ce beau projet ? – Comment donc ! mais sans doute, sans doute ! j’ai réalisé les actions

Wikidata ID

Q76342402

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