La Salle University Art Museum Collections - Les Philantropes Du Jour (Philanthropists of the Day)

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Les Philantropes Du Jour (Philanthropists of the Day)

1844
19th Century
9 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (23.8 x 20 cm)

Honoré Daumier, French, (1808–1879)

Object Type: PRINTS

Creation Place: Europe, France

Medium and Support: Lithograph

Accession Number: 72-G-387

“Sir, you are accepted, you and your poodle, as members of the Universal Salvation Company… here is your certificate… the cost is sixty francs… but afterwards you will have to pay nothing except for fifty-five francs per year!”
-Le Charivari, September 26, 1844

Current Location: In Storage

Exhibitions

- The Buffoonish Bourgeois: Caricatures and Satire of the Upper Middle-Class Businessman in 19th-century France, Curated by Carmen Vendelin, La Salle University Art Museum, March 5– May 30, 2008.

Dimensions

Sheet Dimensions: 14 x 10 7/8 in. (35.6 x 27.6 cm)
Mat Dimensions: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

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This object is a member of the following portfolios:

Exhibition - The Buffoonish Bourgeois

Prints, 19th Century

Exhibition - The Buffoonish Bourgeois

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Les Philantropes Du Jour (Philanthropists of the Day)