Si le chassuer a froid aux mains..... le lièvre n'a pas froid aux pieds..., from Émotions de Chasse, published in Le Charivari, November 12, 1858
November 12, 1858
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/16 × 14 5/8 in. (25.8 × 37.2 cm) Image: 8 1/16 in. × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.650.316
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the bustling world of 19th Parisian satire, Honoré Daumier, collaborators Aaron Martinet and Dest, crafted this witty lithograph titled *Si le chasseur a froid aux mains... lièvre n'a pas aux pieds...* ("If the hunter has cold hands... the hare doesn't have cold..."). Published on November 12, 1858, in the renowned satirical newspaper *Le Charivari* as part of the *Émotions de Ch* series, it pokes fun at the miseries of winter hunting—a popular pastime among France's middle and upper classes during the Second Empire. Daumier's masterful lithography on newsprint captures the irony with shar...