Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph; first state of two (Delteil) - Actualities Portfolio
Signature: Signed by the Artist in the plate, as expected
Reference: Delteil Daumier Catalogue Raisonne no. 3617
Size: 12 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches (paper)
Printer /Publisher: Printed and published by Aubert et Cie, Paris
About the Image: "A situation that is starting to become tiring" where Europe supports the Turkish Empire at arm's length
Provenance: Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusettes
About the Artist: Honoré-Victorin
Daumier was a French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor, whose
many works offer commentary on social and political life in France in the 19th
century. Daumier produced more than 500
paintings, 4000 lithographs, 1000 wood engravings, 1000 drawings and 100
sculptures. A prolific draughtsman, he was perhaps best known for his
caricatures of political figures and satires on the behavior of his countrymen,
although posthumously the value of his painting has also been recognized.