- Mon bon ami, faites-moi le plaisir de signer cette pétition contre l'instruction obligatoire. - Pardon, monsieur Basile, mais j'savons pas écrire.

Item Information

Title:
- Mon bon ami, faites-moi le plaisir de signer cette pétition contre l'instruction obligatoire. - Pardon, monsieur Basile, mais j'savons pas écrire.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. - My good friend, do me the pleasure of signing this petition against compulsory education. - Pardon, Sir Basile, but I don't know how to write.
Description:
A clergy man is asking a peasant to sign a petition for him against free education. This print refers to the "Jules Ferry" law of March 20, 1882 proclaiming free and mandatory education for all. The French catholic cleric tried unsuccessfully to suppress the acceptance of this law. Late in his life, Daumier fought against the clerical influence on the educational system in France. The Church was opposed to free and independent schooling.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1872
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Clergy
France--History--Third Republic, 1870-1940
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 28.5 x 23.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/5110
Terms of Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University Libraries. The following credit line must be included with each item used: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs, Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, February 6, 1872.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD3907