“Monsieur Daumier, votre serie des Robert Macaire est une chose charmante. -- C’est la peinture exacte des voleurs de notre epoque...l’Estime des honnetes gens vous est acquise...Vous n’avez pas encore la Croix d’Honneur,...c’est revoltant (--Monsieur Daumier, your Robert Macaire series is delightful. -- The very image of this age of thieves...You have earned the esteem of all honest people....But you have yet to be awared the Legion of Honor...it’s a disgrace)...” from Caricaturana: Robert Macaire Series, 1836-1838. Plate No. 78.
Detroit: Omnigraphics, circa 1970s. 16 x 13.25 inches. 40.5 x 33.5 cm. Delteil no. 433. Handcolored reproduction of the 19th Century lithograph under the direction
of Frederick Ruffner, the founder of Gale Research. Ruffner employed watercolorists to color the prints and they sometimes signed their names in pencil in the margins. The print is available unmatted and may also be available matted. Text in French. Item #19-6828
Price: $100.00
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