Le grand eunuque noir allant rendre compte au Sultan de la manière dont sont accueillis au sérail les projets de réformes économiques.

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Title:
Le grand eunuque noir allant rendre compte au Sultan de la manière dont sont accueillis au sérail les projets de réformes économiques.
Title (alt.):
The great black eunuch goes to make his report to the Sultan about how the harem has received the Sultan's economic reform projects.. Charivari
Description:
A eunuch has gone after the sultan after he had instituted economic reforms. ABD-UL-MEDJIJ (ABDULMECID D.ERSTE). 1823 – 1861, the 31st Ottoman Sultan. In 1849 he refused to extradite Polish and Hungarian fugitives from Russia and Austria. In 1854 Russia threatened him, but France and England offered their support. In his move to modernize his empire he started with economic reforms, but as Daumier shows in his drawing, made the mistake to start with his harem.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1858
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Conversation pieces
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 24.5 x 36 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3505
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:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, September 18, 1858.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD3078