Les Augures de l'Empire s'apprêtant à consulter les entrailles des canards sacrés avant que César ne choisisse d'autres ministres.

Item Information

Title:
Les Augures de l'Empire s'apprêtant à consulter les entrailles des canards sacrés avant que César ne choisisse d'autres ministres.
Title (alt.):
Charivari. The Augurs of the Empire prepare to consult the entrails of the sacred ducks before Caesar chooses other ministers.
Description:
The print shows Molé and Thiers trying to make the Prince President their tool. Thiers was dissipating rumors aimed at destabilizing the opposition through the "Constitutionnel".
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:
Togas
Cages
Satire
Assembly halls
France--History--1848-1870
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 34 x 24.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/2357
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:
2nd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, March 27, 1850.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1996