Mr. Prudhomme vouant son fils au culte du nouveau Dieu des Parisiens.

Item Information

Title:
Mr. Prudhomme vouant son fils au culte du nouveau Dieu des Parisiens.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. Mr. Prudhomme devoting his son to the cult of the Parisians' new God.
Description:
Mr. Prudhomme is devoting his son to the cult of the Parisians' new God. PRUDHOMME. Monsieur Joseph PRUDHOMME is an artificial figure created by Henri Bonaventure Monnier. The figure appeared already before the existence of the Charivari in publications like “Magasin des Visages” and “La Galerie des Grotesques”. Prudhomme impersonated the complacent, corpulent bourgeois of that period. Monnier described him to the point when he called him “nullité magistrale” (pompous nothingness), entirely self-satisfied with himself and his insignificance.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1857
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Money
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 24.5 x 29 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/3334
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:
Published in: Le Charivari, February 2, 1857.
1st state.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2919