1845
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Une Panique a la bourse is a 1845 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The print shows men in top hats packed tight, arms flailing, papers flying. One guy in the middle waves a sheet like he’s calling for help. Faces twist in fear—eyes wide, mouths open. Daumier made this to mock panics in the stock market. Back then, banks could collapse overnight. He used quick, scratchy lines to catch the chaos fast. Look up lithography next.
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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