Miss Etienne-Mona-Lisa-Cunégonde-Silly Goose of the Constitutionnel, indignate, choking and over-ornate at the performance of Anthony in which the mischievous Dumas had the indecency of scoffing at the noble family Silly Goose of the Constitutionnel..., plate 385
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 31.1 × 24.5 cm (12 1/4 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 26.2 × 33.9 cm (10 3/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
9419
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Here Daumier targeted the bourgeois newspaper Le Constitutionnel, a mouthpiece for the monarch run by Louis Philippe’s deputy Charles-Guillaume Étienne. The paper is portrayed as a corpulent woman with a gourd-like head and a face belonging to Étienne. Pear-shaped globules hang from her ears, and an imperialistic profile of Louis Philippe nestles between her ample breasts.
About the Artist
Honoré-Victorin Daumier · 1808–1879
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879) was a prolific French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor whose works offered incisive commentary on the social and political life of 19th-century France. Known as the 'Michelangelo of Caricature,' Daumier produced over 4,000 lithographs, 500 paintings, 1,000 drawings, and 100 sculptures during his lifetime. His biting political satire led to his imp...