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Honoré Daumier

Chinese Talking Politics (Chinois Causant Politique)

Maker

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert &amp

Title

Chinese Talking Politics (Chinois Causant Politique)
from the series "Voyage en Chine"

Year

1844

Medium

  • Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper

Materials

lithograph

Supports

  • Light weight cream wove paper mounted on light weight board

Dimensions

Plate: 24 x 27 cm (9 7/16 x 10 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LL: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Voyage en Chine/ 20.; Printed, on plate, LL: Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse, 29.; Printed, on plate, LR: Imp d'Aubert & Cie; Printed, on plate, LL to LR: CHINOIS CAUSANT POLITIQUE. /Grâce à l'antiquité et à la stabilité des constitutions de la Chine, ce pays est excessivement uni, on n'y compte guère que soixante trois partis. Aussi n'est-il pas rare de voir dans les lieux publics d'honnêtes bourgeois chinois se quereller vivement au lieu de déjeuner tranquillement, ils se lancent d'abord à la tête les arguments qu'ils puisent dans leur journal favori, puis très souvent le journal lui même prend le chemin des argumens!; Written, in graphite, on sheet, LR: 36.109/ D.1208 II/ 1844

Identification

State

3rd of 3

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

36.109

Type

  • Prints

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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert & Cie (French), printer
Chinese Talking Politics (Chinois Causant Politique); from the series "Voyage en Chine", 1844
Lithograph on light weight cream wove paper
Plate: 24 x 27 cm (9 7/16 x 10 5/8 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 36.109

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