Empire, Orléanisme et Légitimité Se disputent le prix en une ardente lutte, Oubliant le dicton, si fréquemment cité, Au bout du fossé la culbute. (Quatrain trouvé dans la boite de l'Elysée.)

Item Information

Title:
Empire, Orléanisme et Légitimité Se disputent le prix en une ardente lutte, Oubliant le dicton, si fréquemment cité, Au bout du fossé la culbute. (Quatrain trouvé dans la boite de l'Elysée.)
Title (alt.):
Charivari. Empire, Orleaniste and Legitimiste Contend for the prize in an active Contest, Forgetting the common saying so frequently quoted, Riding for a fall. (Quatrain from the treasure of the Elysée.)
Description:
The cherubs are all racing for the same prize, forgetting the saying: "riding for a fall". This print shows a quatrain written by Philipon. As the writer correctly predicted, all three politicians who are shown in this image fighting for power, will eventually lose it, once Napoléon III is in power in 1851.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1850
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Frames (ornament areas)
Members of parliament
Nudity
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 27.5 x 36 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/2427
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.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
Published in: Le Charivari, November 4, 1850.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD2060