Honoré Daumier
A vanity suitably gratified. – Ah! Finally!…. the “Moniteur” has printed my “very good”, naming me in full. Wonderful… at least my electorate will no longer say that I never speak up in Parliament
1843
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Honoré Daumier
A vanity suitably gratified. – Ah! Finally!…. the “Moniteur” has printed my “very good”, naming me in full. Wonderful… at least my electorate will no longer say that I never speak up in Parliament
1843
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 276 × 220 mm. (10 7/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 19 from the series "Les Beaux jours de la vie"
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Hoff, Hyndman, Pennsylvania, in Memory of William L. Hoff
Object Number
1989.713
Published in Le Charivari, August 16, 1844.
Inscribed: FACE (in image): 'LES BEAUX JOURS DE LA VIE.'; below image: 'UN AMOUR PROPRE SATISFAIT.'/-Ah! enfin!... le Moniteur a enregistrè mon: très bien... en me nommant en toutes lettres... à la bonne heure... au moins mes électeurs ne diront plus que je ne parle pas à la Chambre!...'; (in graphite): along LE, 'D1106 55-C-144 C $6.-'
