Caricature & Satire

Daumier lithograph of crowded visitors gasping among large ceramic vases at the Exposition Universelle, caption reading Stupé

Daumier lithograph of a woman reading a newspaper aloud to a row of seated men in a parlour, 1843.

Daumier lithogaph of a theatre director gesturing at a thermometer in a room, with a crowded audience visible through a doorw

Daumier lithograph of men in top hats and towels queuing beside a crowded public bath filled with bathers.

Daumier lithograph: a man and boy on a bathhouse platform look at a hairy swimmer in the water below.

Daumier lithograph of a frightened Parisian hunter crouched with a rifle between two lions on rocky ground.

Daumier lithograph of a cold hunter in snow watching a hare run, while a distant figure waves his arms.

Daumier lithograph of a seated couple in a theatre box watching a singer in a gown on stage, with audience in the galleries b

Daumier lithograph of three old women in shawls, one holding a lit candle, gossiping about the comet of 1857.

Daumier lithograph of top-hatted visitors at a sculpture show, ignoring statues while ducks swim in the foreground.

Daumier lithograph of three painters working feverishly on a large canvas in a studio before a painting salon opens.

Daumier lithograph of huge white laundry bundles carried through a city street while two onlookers watch from a balcony.

Lithograph of a seated painter at an easel in a snowy landscape while a hiker with a walking stick looks on.

Daumier lithograph of two top-hatted men and a frightened woman in a railway carriage, captioned about fearing derailment.

Lithograph of a butcher holding a hanging veal carcass as a startled woman looks up at him in a meat shop.

Daumier lithograph: a stern butcher with folded arms looks at a small child in a hat, with hanging meat behind them.

Daumier lithograph of three men on a city street, one in a top hat led on a cord, with onlookers at a window above.

Daumier lithograph of a prompter leaning toward a costumed actor on a stage lit by candelabra, with an audience behind.

Daumier lithograph: a servant peers through a door at an old man, while two costumed actors perform on a curtained stage beyo

Lithograph of a woman in a veil speaking to a stern man with folded arms in a theatre setting, with French caption below.

Daumier lithograph of an elderly mother clasping her hands as bouquets fly from a theater balcony toward a debutante.

Daumier lithograph of two lawyers in robes and top hats in conversation, one gesturing, with French caption below.

Lithograph of two men in a railway carriage, both holding pistols, one in a top hat and one in a bowler hat, by Daumier.

Daumier lithograph of a top-hatted man beside a tub with two caricatured bathers, potted plants nearby, 1864.

Daumier lithograph of two men talking in a tavern, one holding a glass and the other gesturing with a bottle.

Daumier caricature: a man leans on a shovel, distressed by heat, while a cheerful gardener in a straw hat stands nearby.

Caricature lithograph of a bearded man with cane watching a man bent over a billiard table with a cue.

Daumier caricature of a man with an accordion facing a tall man beside a piano, with seated listeners behind them.

Engraving of men in top hats watching a player lean over a billiard table in a room with framed prints on the walls.

Daumier lithograph of two men in a winter countryside beside a hedge and stone wall, captioned Voisin, êtes-vous comme moi?