. . .dussent-ils me maudire"/ "Ces barbares parens qui m'ont donné le jour,"/ "O Victor, ô mon âme, a toi tout mon amour!"/ Bravo. . .bravo. . .bravo. . .qu'une mère est heureuse d'avoir une petite fille pareille! (. . .let them curse me!"/ "These barbaric parents who gave birth to me," / "Oh Victor, oh my soul, all my love is just for you!" /Bravo. . .bravo. . . bravo. . .how happy a mother is to have such a daughter!), pl. 36 from the series Les Bas-Bleus (The Bluestockings) from the journal le Charivari Artist: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
Publisher: Aubert et Cie (Paris, founded 1829)

July 26, 1844

Prints and Drawings

Honoré Daumier’s forty lithographs ridiculing the aspirations of the feminists of the day were published in the satirical periodical Le charivari between January 30 and August 7, 1834. The series poked fun at the admirers of the feminist writer George Sand (the pen name of Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin), who were perceived as physically unfeminine and neglectful of their obligations as wives and mothers. Unlike his slightly older contemporary Eugène Delacroix, Daumier never illustrated a preexisting literary text, but with these images, accompanied by extensive captions, Daumier—who loved the theater—was illustrating a series of mini-dramas of his own invention.

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

sheet: 12 3/16 × 8 7/16 in. (31 × 21.5 cm)

Credit Line

The Arthur Ross Collection

Accession Number

2012.159.62.36

Culture
Period

19th century

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Gabriel Cognacq (Lugt supplement 538d, verso); Swann Gallery, New York, May 6, 2004 (271); William H. Schab Gallery, New York; Arthur Ross Foundation Collection, New York, to 2012; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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Object/Work type

caricatures, daily life, human figures (visual works), lithographs

Marks

Collector stamp verso LR in indigo ink: Gabriel Cognacq (Lugt 538d)

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