De tes humbles foutriquets Reçois, le jour de la fête, Ces deux modestes bouquets Que leur dévouement d'apprête. Ils te plairont, car le peuple Français Seul en a fait tous les frais.

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Title:
De tes humbles foutriquets Reçois, le jour de la fête, Ces deux modestes bouquets Que leur dévouement d'apprête. Ils te plairont, car le peuple Français Seul en a fait tous les frais.
Title (alt.):
From your obedient subjects receive on your day of honor, These two modest bunches of flowers That their devotion warrants. And they should please you, since the people of France alone covered the costs.. Caricature
Description:
This print shows a very content and smiling Thiers delivering a basket containing containing a secret fund of 1.2 million francs to the King while France delivers a basket containing 25 million francs in reparation payments to the USA. There were numerous discussions about these secret funds, which seemed to have been used by the King as well as certain politicians for undisclosed expenses. The payment to the USA had to be effected since the Americans insisted on reparation payments caused by the French sea-blockade against English and US ships during Napoléon I government. The Americans threatened to confiscate ships and French properties and investments in the US. As a consequence, the Thiers government decided to pay the 25 million francs in gold to the American Treasury. Each year, the king's birthday was celebrated on the first of May. On this occasion, Daumier shows Thiers smiling and satisfied, leading a sullen France, laden down with taxes, to the king's throne.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1835
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Gifts
Kings
Taxes
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 27.5 x 36.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1489
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: La Caricature, April 30, 1835
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD114