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for Repos de la France, Plate 417 from la Caricature No. 199
Repos de la France, Plate 417 from la Caricature No. 199
Creator
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Date1834
Mediumlithograph on wove paper
DimensionsOverall: 27.2 x 36.3 cm (10 11/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit LinePurchase, 1972
Category
- Prints
Object number72/1
ProvenanceIn this lithograph Louis-Philippe is slouched on his throne, which has cannons at its feet. Marianne, the personification of France, stands behind the King with her hands tied up. After the riots of 1834, French republicans were being suppressed by the government in a variety of ways, and as a result, they felt like prisoners of their own country. Civilian uproars had been mostly stifled by the authorities, temporarily leaving the country in a state of repose. On the other side of the King’s chair, a rooster, another symbol of France, peeks its head out at the viewer in a disturbed manner. In an attempt to show that the root cause for all the torment in France is Louis-Philippe, a pear sits above the King’s crown, mocking the monarch’s image.
LocationNot currently on display
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