Apothicaire et Pharmacien. Mon cher Boniface, il fallait autrefois à un apothicaire quarante ans pour gagner 2000 f. de rentes....... vous marchiez nous volons nous ! – Mais comment faites vous donc ? – Nous prenons du suif, de la brique pilée ou de l’amidon, nous appelons ça pâte Onicophane, Racahout, Nafé, Osmaniglou ou de tout autre nom plus ou moins charabia, nous faisons des annonces, des prospectus, des circulaires, et en dix ans nous réalisons un million..... Il faut attaquer la fortune en face, vous la preniez du mauvais côté !
Apothicaire et Pharmacien. Mon cher Boniface, il fallait autrefois à un apothicaire quarante ans pour gagner 2000 f. de rentes....... vous marchiez nous volons nous ! – Mais comment faites vous donc ? – Nous prenons du suif, de la brique pilée ou de l’amidon, nous appelons ça pâte Onicophane, Racahout, Nafé, Osmaniglou ou de tout autre nom plus ou moins charabia, nous faisons des annonces, des prospectus, des circulaires, et en dix ans nous réalisons un million..... Il faut attaquer la fortune en face, vous la preniez du mauvais côté !
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Apothecary and pharmacist. My dear Boniface, he was formally an apothecary for forty years in order to get a pension of 2000 francs a year....... we are walking it and now let us steal it away ! - But how do you manage that ? - We take a tallow, powdered brick or stratch, we call it Onicophanic paste, Racahout, Nafe, Osmaniglou or some other gibberish, we make annoucements, flyers, circulars, and in ten years we make a million..... You went about things in the wrong way, one should attack fortune from the front !. Charivari
Description:
Robert Macaire, as pharmacist, is providing a man with information on how to make money. Robert Macaire may seem to be a realistic figure, however one should remember that in reality he is an artificial personality, created in 1823 by Benjamin Antier for his play „ L’Auberge des Adrets“. The breakthrough came in 1834, when Frédéric Lemaitre used the names of Macaire and his somewhat simple partner Serres-Bertrand for his various comedies in Paris. The figure of Macaire goes back as far as 1371, when - as the legend goes - Aubri de Montdidier, a nobleman from the court of Charles V was assassinated by Macaire. The murder was vindicated by his dog, the only witness of the assassination. A duel between the dog and Macaire, who was armed with a cudgel, should settle the case. The dog killed Macaire, who confessed the murder before he died. Philipon was the author of all the texts of this series. It should be noted that Daumier did not monogram or sign the prints, presumable because Philipon wanted to document his position as author of the texts and as “inventor” of the series.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, June 18, 1837.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
