At a usurer's, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 21, 1865
March 21, 1865
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 8 3/8 × 8 5/16 in. (21.2 × 21.1 cm) Sheet: 11 3/16 × 9 13/16 in. (28.4 × 24.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.61.205
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the sharp-w world of 19th French satire with *At Usurer's*, a lith published in the daily newspaperLe Charivari* March 21, 1865. Created Honoré Daumier collaboration with Destouches and Aaron Martinet, this captures Daumier's mastery of caricature, skewering the greed of moneylenders amid France's booming Second Empire economy. *Le Charivari*, a hub for political and social commentary since the 1830s, made Daumier's biting illustrations accessible to the masses, often critiquing corruption and inequality. The scene likely depicts a tense encounter between a desperate borrower and a ...
About the Artist
Destouches|Aaron Martinet|Honoré Daumier (French|French) · 1808 |1800 –1879 |1900
French, Marseilles 1808–1879 Valmondois|Paris