1870
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A qui le tour? is a 1870 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a big man in work clothes swinging a hammer at a pile of broken crowns and a tiny king. The years 1815, 1830, and 1848 are carved into the ground like tombstones. Above, the words *"Musée des Souverains"* mean "Museum of Kings," and the man is stomping on a crown labeled 1870. The broken crowns and dates might mean this is mocking old kings who lost power. Daumier used sharp drawings to make fun of politics. Next, look up lithography to see how artists like Daumier made prints like this.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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