Le SAUVAGE BINEAU. Portrait dessiné d'après nature au moment où ce terrible personnage se livre à son divertissement favori qui consiste à lacérer les tableaux et à briser tous les objets d'art qui lui tombent sous la main.
Le SAUVAGE BINEAU. Portrait dessiné d'après nature au moment où ce terrible personnage se livre à son divertissement favori qui consiste à lacérer les tableaux et à briser tous les objets d'art qui lui tombent sous la main.
Title (alt.):
THE SAVAGE BINEAU. Actual portrait drawn from nature at the moment when this terrible person indulges in his favorite pastime which consists of tearing up paintings and breaking all objects of art that he can lay his hands on.. Charivari
Description:
Jean Martial Bineau (1805 – 1855) was a mining engineer and Deputy in both Chambers from 1841 to 1848. He proposed a law to reduce the Government budget allotted to the fine arts and was a fervent opponent of freedom of the press. During his service as Minister of Public Works in 1849, he was responsible for tarring the great boulevards in the capital.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, November 30, 1848.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
