Scène politique où l’intérêt va toujours en Croissant.

Item Information

Title:
Scène politique où l’intérêt va toujours en Croissant.
Title (alt.):
Political scene where the interests are always following the crescent.. Charivari
Description:
Four people are fighting over a crescent. Daumier plays on the word "croissant", which, in French, means "increasing" and also "crescent". The print refers to the Eastern crisis, the most serious international dispute since 1830. The crisis was provoked by the policy of Palmerston, Prime Minister of Queen Victoria who could not bring himself to accept the military victory won by the Tsar at Unkia Sekelessi in 1833. The Russian had managed to establish an exclusive interest at Constantinople and in the Levant.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1839
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Crescent (shapes)
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 23 x 28 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/4682
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, September 22, 1839.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD751