A man is talking to Robert Macaire. The caption reads: "Well, Mr. Macaire, you're starting up business again? --Yes, I have my bankruptcy certificate. By heavens, my creditors won't complain, I'm giving up to them: drafts drawn upon the firm Bertrand, Wormspire and Co.... A million; letter of credit drawn on the government of the Sandwich Islands... A million; Spanish bonds... A million; my wife's dowry, in shares in bootlaces, umbrellas and other commercial banks... a million. Total, four million and I only owe three. Nobody can accuse me of losing a sou!... --But it seems very difficult to recover your shares. Do you believe that they'll be able to cash them in? --Ah! That's absolutely nothing to do with me, I assure you. It's my creditors' affair and I don't interfere in other people's affairs."
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, February 24, 1837
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
