Une LOTERIE PHILANTROPIQUE. - Le monsieur.. pour mes vingt francs je gagne un affreux sac de dame. quel ridicule! - La dame.. et moi une paire de rasoirs dont l'un est fort ébréché.. quelle scie!

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Title:
Une LOTERIE PHILANTROPIQUE. - Le monsieur.. pour mes vingt francs je gagne un affreux sac de dame. quel ridicule! - La dame.. et moi une paire de rasoirs dont l'un est fort ébréché.. quelle scie!
Title (alt.):
A PHILANTHROPIC LOTTERY. The Gentleman: - For my 20 Francs I won this ugly lady's handbag..... how ridiculous! The Lady: - And I a pair of razors, of which one is severely notched... what a saw!. Charivari
Description:
This print demonstrates, in a rather critical way, a new trend in the bourgeoisie during the post-Industrial Revolution period of Louis-Philippe: "Doing good and talk about it". Daumier criticizes the pseudo-humanitarian attitude of the bourgeois towards the victims of industrialization. The population in Paris had doubled within ten years and unskilled workers from the provinces were attracted to do menial jobs in the city, especially in the flourishing construction industry. The French Government faced these problems completely unprepared. Any social aid to lighten the burden of the unqualified workers and their families was out of the question. Limited help came from private charitable organizations as well as the Church. A number of philanthropic societies were established endeavoring to improve their precarious situation. Often their members' motivation was not entirely based on ethical grounds; frequently complacency as well as fraud and deceit were the real motives behind a so-called philanthropic society.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1845
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Prizes
Lotteries
Philanthropy
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 36.5 x 24.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1509
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, December 21, 1845.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1168