1850
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les burgraves allant en guerre is a 1850 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows cartoonish soldiers marching toward a big sign that says "Suffrage Universel." Their bodies look squat and wobbly, like puppets. Daumier printed this in Paris in 1850. He used lithography—ink on stone—to make quick, sharp jokes about politics. The soldiers look silly, but the message is serious: voting rights shouldn’t be a joke. If you like this style, try 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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