1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Comme quoi ... sur un lit três vaste ,,, is a 1854 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows Russia as a big, bloated man in a military coat sprawled across a map of Europe. His hat hangs low over his face. The map lines fade under his weight. Daumier made the figure look ridiculous to poke at power. France’s leaders saw this as a threat after the Crimean War. They tried to censor the print in 1854. It’s printed on paper, a fast way to spread political jokes back then. Check out another lithograph by Daumier, Honoré.
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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