1871
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Je vous assure que vous serez très bien assise is a 1871 by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two exaggerated figures in a small room. One looks like a stiff, regal woman standing with her hands clasped. The other is a hunched, wild-haired man leaning on a chair labeled "Monarchie." The woman’s dress says "République," and the man’s clothes are messy. The chair between them is empty, with a pile of clothes on the floor. This seems to joke about power shifting from kings to republics. Next, look up Daumier, Honoré to see more of his sharp political cartoons.
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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