Posant en membre du comice d'Agriculture de son département.
Title (alt.):
Posing as a member of the Agricultural Committee in his province.. Charivari
Description:
A man poses for a photographer as if he were a member of an agricultural committee. This series surely is one of Daumier's more important non-political lithographic oeuvres. He observes the bourgeois, his fellow citizen, during his daily life within the great city but also his insecurity when staying for a weekend on the countryside. The average citizen of this period is shown thriving to adjust his life style to give the impression of belonging to the upper bourgeoisie instead of being part of the middle class. Success and demonstration thereof have become a reason of life. In 1824, the era of photography began in France. The pioneers in this field were Jean-Louis Mandé Daguerre and his colleague Nicéphore Niepce. But only with Nadar, photography became a more artistic means of expression.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, January 30, 1865.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
