Updated 28 April 2022
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
<ROBERT MACAIRE.> 2nd Series: (16) Sirs, crushed under the weight of misfortune, ruined, laid bare, I lost my head, I abandoned all that was dear to me, my motherrrland, my creditors, the whole paraphernalia... here am I on foreign soil... sheltered from my persecutors, but ready for the greatest sacrifices to preserve intact the name of Macaire. In consequence, I offer you 2 per cent payable in ten years;... by refusing, you can only lose hopes of the above-mentioned 2 per cent and the estmation of your servant / Macaire.
Date | 1841 |
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Materials and Techniques | lithograph |
Size(cm) | 24.3 x 19.3 |
Inscriptions | Unsigned; Unnumbered on the stone |
Standard ref. | Delteil 881 (iii/iv), Tobu II-411 |
Category | Prints |
Collection Number | G.2000-1142 |
Provenance
Peter Morse; Tobu Museum of Art (Tobu Railway Company); Purchased by the NMWA, 2001.
Exhibition History
- 1999
- Honoré Daumier Caricatures II: From the Tobu Collections, Tobu Museum of Art, 25 January 1999 - 23 February 1999, no. 134
Bibliography
- 2002
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 35 (Apr. 2000-Mar. 2001), 2002, Takahashi, Akiya. New Acquisitions. pp. 14-15, List of New Acquisitions. p. 104.