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1851
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1851
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Two figures stand in a doorway. One wears a bonnet marked “OPINION PUBLIQUE.” The other is dressed in a formal suit labeled “L’ORDRE.” Their clothes and labels hint at a clash between public opinion and rigid order. Daumier often used satire to mock France’s leaders. He made hundreds of political lithographs in the 1800s. This one first appeared in a news sheet called La Lithographie. Look up lithography next.
