This lithograph is highly modified. It represents numerous different lithographs. The main image shows two men on a pleasure boat on the Seine, trying unsuccessfully to row and keep the boat upright. The bridge in the background of the picture is called Pont Marie. It was built by Christophe Marie and inaugurated on October 17, 1614 by King Louis XIII. The prints of this series were used in various different publications. Once they were published under the title "LA CHASSE", another time, in 1840 under "CHASSE ET PÊCHE". Some copies were added to the album "CHAOS" and "LA NOUVELLE LANTERNE MAGIQUE". Album LE CHAOS – CARICATURE DE TOUT LE MONDE, chez Aubert, circa 1840, in-4 oblong, cartonnage papier glacé vert de l'éditeur, avec dessins lithographiés sur le 1er plat. Some of the prints show 32 feather lithographs reduced in size of which 16 are by Daumier. They show various topics, mainly hunting and fishing scenes and appeared in black and white. The full size lithographs are DR 302-317. Some of the prints with the reduced feather lithographs show the title: LE CAHOS (sic) – CARICATURE DE TOUT LE MONDE. It is very rare to find a complete album nowadays.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Chaos - Caricature de Tout le Monde, 1840.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
