Caricature of the Count of Kératry, writer and politician. Auguste Hilarion, Comte de Kératry (1769-1859) was a writer and liberal politician under the Restoration, later turning to the right and becoming a Deputy from 1818-1837. He was appointed State Counsellor in 1830 and was peered in 1837. Apart from his political ambitions, de Kératry was an ardent writer and publisher. As a consequence of his experience in the Arts, he was appointed as a member to control the royal theatres. Since he was considered to be good looking, Daumier portrayed him in his lithograph as a dandy. He also made a sculpture, described in Gobin nr. 4 with the title " L'Obséquieux" or the servile. Often the caricatures showed him as a buffoon.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
2nd state.
Published in: La Caricature, September 19, 1833.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
