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for Celui-là, on peut le mettre en liberté! il n'est plus dangereux.
Celui-là, on peut le mettre en liberté! il n'est plus dangereux.
Creator
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Date1834
Mediumlithograph on wove paper
DimensionsImage: 20.7 x 23.2 cm (8 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Overall: 28.3 x 35.6 cm (11 1/8 x 14 in.)
Overall: 28.3 x 35.6 cm (11 1/8 x 14 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Drucker, 1961
Category
- Prints
Object number60/11.9
ProvenanceThis is a print Daumier contributed to the newspaper La Caricature. It is a lithograph that depicts King Louis-Philippe (recognizable because of his hat and cockade) and an attorney (Martin du Nord?) attending the bed of a dead republican. The image was produced shortly after the 1834 riots began in Lyons and spread throughout France (including Paris). The aftermath of the riots led Daumier to design several prints, including his famous Rue Transnonain, le 15 avril 1834. As a republican, Daumier sympathized with those who fought for their rights during the 1834 riots, and accordingly, the dead man in Celui-là... is drawn with sympathy (he is not caricatured). In this lithograph, the King and the attorney are the malicious figures. Many of the revolutionaries were given fines and jail sentences for their involvements in the riots, much like caricaturists and print publishers were punished for circulating prints that were insulting to the King’s image. The sense of betrayal Frenchmen experienced at the hands of the King is captured by Daumier in this print, since the republican is only granted liberty by Louis-Philippe because the former is dead. From Daumier’s perspective, this was yet another indication that the King had neglected to respect the 1830 Charter.
LocationNot currently on display
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