En Allemagne. Emballons toujours! précaution est mère de la sureté
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
CultureFrench
DateMay 28, 1866
MediumLithograph on newsprint
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 5/16 × 8 5/8 in. (23.7 × 21.9 cm)
Overall, Sheet: 11 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (29.2 × 26.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 1/16 in. (50.8 × 40.8 cm)
Overall, Sheet: 11 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (29.2 × 26.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 16 1/16 in. (50.8 × 40.8 cm)
InscribedTitle of series typeset above image, upper center: "Actualités." Year written in graphite to the right of title, "1866." Plate number typeset above image, upper right: "88." Signed on stone within image, lower left: "h.D." Number written on stone within image, lower right of center: "21." Typeset below image, lower left: "A de Vresse, Edr. r. Rivoli, 55. Typeset below image, lower right: "lith. Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre." Written in graphite, lower right: "May 28, 1866."
On verso: "22.61.261" in graphite, center. "H.D.3193 II" in graphite, lower center.
On mat: Written in graphite, lower right: "Dup. AHN." Typewritten card affixed to back of mat at lower center reads, "Honore Daumier French School 1808-1879 Actualities en Allemange May 28, 1866 H. & D. 3193 (II) Rogers Fund, 1922."
MarkingsVerso, center: Metropolitan Museum of Art stamp (L.1943) and Metropolitan Museum of Art Duplicate stamp (L.1808h) with " AHM 56" written in graphite in the center.
Portfolio(Actualités), from Le Charivari
Credit LineGift of Captain and Mrs. Shirley Falcke
Object number56.49.19
Not on view
DescriptionMen packing in a hurry in reference to the Prussian war. Inhabuitants of the newly annexed provinces are packing their belongings in order to flee from the Prussian invaders. Exhibition History"France Delineated: French Works on Paper, 1650 to 1920", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, July 13 - September 19, 1993. "Masters of Satire", William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA, April 16 - June 5, 1994. Published ReferencesCarolyn Eyler, MASTERS OF SATIRE (Abingdon, VA: William King Regional Arts Center, 1994), Fig. 3, n.p.
Honoré Daumier
April 21, 1848
