Honoré Daumier
Yes sir, in exchange for a small premium with our insurance, you can be assured for death….for death in a proper gentlemanly manner. When you go off in a fine hearse, very comfortable, to be mourned by the poor people of the district, and leaving an inconsolable widow in golden letters on your grave…. – And if you don’t keep your promises? – Then you can still give us a receipt and sue us before a tribunal.
1837
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Honoré Daumier
Yes sir, in exchange for a small premium with our insurance, you can be assured for death….for death in a proper gentlemanly manner. When you go off in a fine hearse, very comfortable, to be mourned by the poor people of the district, and leaving an inconsolable widow in golden letters on your grave…. – And if you don’t keep your promises? – Then you can still give us a receipt and sue us before a tribunal.
1837
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 350 × 260 mm. (13 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate 95 from the series "Caricaturana"
Credit Line
Gift of Ann Hoff, Hyndman, Pennsylvania, in Memory of William L. Hoff
Object Number
1989.703
Published in Le Charivari, November 4, 1838.
Inscribed: FACE (in image): Below image, 'Oui, monsieur, moyennant un petit abonnement à votre assurance, vous serez assuré de mourir...de/mourir en homme, comme il faut; de vous en aller dans une bonne voiture, bien commode, d'être/ pleuré par les pauvres de l'arondissement, et de laisser une veuve inconsolable en lettre d'or sur votre/tombeau... -Et si vous ne fenez pas vos promesser? - Alons il vous resterait nos quittances et votre/recours devant les tribunaux.'; (in graphite): UR corner, '19', along bottom, C to R, '39 217 HD $6.- LD 450' VERSO (stamped in black ink): LR corner, 'Made in France'
