Chinese Talking Politics. Thanks to antiquity and the stability of the Constitution of China, this country is extremely unified... it counts only little more than 63 political parties. Quite often one finds Chinese citizens discussing vehemently on public places, using arguments they had prior seen in their favourite journal. Quite often the journal itself will replace the argument, being used as such, plate 20 from Voyage En Chine

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Title

Chinese Talking Politics. Thanks to antiquity and the stability of the Constitution of China, this country is extremely unified... it counts only little more than 63 political parties. Quite often one finds Chinese citizens discussing vehemently on public places, using arguments they had prior seen in their favourite journal. Quite often the journal itself will replace the argument, being used as such, plate 20 from Voyage En Chine

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1844

Medium

Lithograph, with scraping on stone on cream wove paper, with text below and letterpress verso

Dimensions

Image: 18.4 × 26.2 cm (7 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 26.4 × 37.7 cm (10 7/16 × 14 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Max Adler

Reference Number

1942.170

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