RÉCEPTION D'UN FRANC-MAÇON. - Nous savons de source certaine que tu ne te présentes parmi nous que pour dévoiler nos secrets aux profanes... tes coupables projets seront déçus.... je viens de recevoir l'ordre de t'enfoncer ce poignard dans le sein!....

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Title:
RÉCEPTION D'UN FRANC-MAÇON. - Nous savons de source certaine que tu ne te présentes parmi nous que pour dévoiler nos secrets aux profanes... tes coupables projets seront déçus.... je viens de recevoir l'ordre de t'enfoncer ce poignard dans le sein!....
Title (alt.):
Charivari. INITIATION OF A FREEMASON. We know from reliable sources that you are only among us to reveal our secrets to outsiders.... your guilty projects will be thwarted...... I have received an order to drive this dagger into your chest!
Description:
A Freemason has received the order to kill a man because he believes the latter has become a member only to reveal the society's secrets.
Donor:
Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M.
Lithographer:
Daumier, Honoré, 1808-1879
Date:
1846
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Collection (local):
Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman Collection of Honoré Daumier Lithographs
Subjects:
Secret societies
France--History--Louis-Philip, 1830-1848
Freemasonry
Extent:
1 lithograph, b&w, 37 x 24.5 cm
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/10192/1514
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, February 14, 1846.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
Identifier:
LD1172