Honoré Daumier
The Adoption. – Well, really! Robert, my friend, so you are becoming a family man. You’re considering adoption?… You will soon crown the maidens at the village fair… (Robert)- Yes, I adopted this child. I want to thrive in the joys of family life… (Wormspire) – You want to marry your ward… – Yes, I want her to get married. Yes, get her married to a rich man, prepare for my retirement. – Prepare for your retirement… get enough money for old age and win the Monthion prize… I know, I know!
1840
Scroll
Honoré Daumier
The Adoption. – Well, really! Robert, my friend, so you are becoming a family man. You’re considering adoption?… You will soon crown the maidens at the village fair… (Robert)- Yes, I adopted this child. I want to thrive in the joys of family life… (Wormspire) – You want to marry your ward… – Yes, I want her to get married. Yes, get her married to a rich man, prepare for my retirement. – Prepare for your retirement… get enough money for old age and win the Monthion prize… I know, I know!
1840
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 295 × 233 mm. (11 5/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 10 from the series "Robert Macaire"
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Hoff, Hyndman, Pennsylvania, in Memory of William L. Hoff
Object Number
1989.717
Published in Le Charivari, April 25, 1841.
Inscribed: FACE (in image): (in graphite): along l.e., 'D875 55-C-103 c $6.-' VERSO: clean of inscriptions
