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Lithograph of a tree carved with SUFFRAGE UNIVERSEL, a jester beside it and an axe on the ground.

La hache qui le coupera n'est pas encore trempée

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of a caricatured man striding with a flag before a crowd and ruined buildings, 1871.

Regardez, mais n'y touchez pas!

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of a muscular man with a broom amid heaps of waste labeled with French words, titled Les écuries d'Augias.

Les écuries d'Augias

Honoré Daumier, 1872

Stout man in a cloak beside a huge bundle of laundry, looking up wearily; Daumier lithograph, 1872.

Je ne pourrai jamais laver tout ça

Honoré Daumier, 1872

Daumier lithograph of a robed woman labeled PARIS gesturing over a field of crosses while holding a man in a dark coat.

Voyons, monsieur Réac...

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of three soldiers in caps with rifles looking toward a distant field, captioned in French about Paris and

A Paris nous ne pouvions... aller a Versailles...

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of a crowned seated king holding a scepter and clock, surrounded by ornate mantel clocks on a dais.

Successeur de Charlemagne

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of a stout man beside railway tracks as a steam train labeled Poste de Paris approaches the Versailles sta

Versailles!... Trois semaines d'arrêt!

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Caricature lithograph of a whip-wielding driver and a seated woman on a cart, labeled Versailles and Paris, from 1871.

Le char de l'état en 1871

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph: allegorical France stands on a ball labeled Emprunt while men and a spiked-helmet soldier look up below.

Déjà relevée!

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of a draped Republic statue on a pedestal surrounded by men in top hats, printed on a newspaper page.

La république de Milo...

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of a caricatured tragic actor standing over a fallen figure on stage, watched by a seated audience.

Théâtre de Bordeaux - on joue la tragédie

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Lithograph of a wigged figure on a rearing horse, arms raised, before an arch marked Assemblée Nationale.

Ce pauvre Louis XIV n'en croyant pas ses yeux

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier caricature of a bald man with glasses straddling two rocks above a small ship on the sea, printed on a newspaper page

Le Président de Rhodes

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph: crowned figure labeled France faces a worn chair marked Monarchie, with a caricatured Droite figure leani

Je vous assure que vous serez très bien assise

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of two caricatured men facing each other, one in a jester cap with a cane, the other in a robe marked Réac

Chère dame, avant de nous donner...

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Lithograph caricature of a heavyset man pumping coins from a spout into a boot on a globe labeled France and Europe.

Après la pompe a sang, la pompe à or

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Lithograph of a PLEBISCITE ballot box with three slots and two sleeping cloaked figures lying before it.

Avis aux amateurs

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Daumier lithograph of top-hatted men and a woman buffeted by a strong wind across a muddy open field, 1871.

Ce qui ramènera... nos députés à Paris

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Hand-colored satirical print of a startled man in bed facing a pale ghost, with speech scrolls and smoke-wreathed figures.

Nightly Visitors at St. Ann's Hill

James Gillray, published September 21, 1798

Daumier lithograph of a statue labeled REPUBLIQUE on a pedestal, held upright by ropes pulled from both sides, 1871.

Tirez, ça fait équilibre

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Hand-colored print of a man in a green coat and a woman pushing a carrot-laden wheelbarrow past a bookshop on a city street.

Sandwich-Carrots!-Dainty Sandwich-Carrots

James Gillray, published December 3, 1796

Daumier lithograph of a woman in a headscarf and a bearded man in a plumed hat, with a French caption, 1871.

Prenez garde, madame la Majorité!

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Hand-colored caricature of a whale attacking a boat of men, with a barrel tossed in the waves and a sunburst behind.

A Tub for the Whale!

James Gillray, published March 14, 1806

Daumier caricature of three men by a fireplace, one kneeling with a shoe in hand, another wearing a Gazette de France sash.

Bien vexés de ne pas trouver... la couronne...

Honoré Daumier, 1871

Hand-colored caricature of John Bull and a drummer figure on a plank over the sea, with a crowd and speech scrolls.

Preliminaries of Peace

James Gillray, published October 6, 1801

Lithograph of a spiked Prussian helmet inscribed SEDAN resting on a plate beside gloved hands, by Honoré Daumier, 1872.

Notre dernier gateau des rois

Honoré Daumier, 1872

Hand-colored caricature of a sow nursing many piglets with human faces, watched by a farmer with a pitchfork.

More Pigs Than Teats

James Gillray, published March 5, 1806

Lithograph of a man in a spiked helmet cooking eggs in a pan while another man smokes beside a basket of broken eggs.

Voila bien des oeufs de cassés...

Honoré Daumier, 1866

Hand-colored Gillray caricature of a tax collector knocking at a brick house while a man shouts from the window above.

Friend of the People

James Gillray, published May 28, 1806