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The Election Hoax. “My dear friend... do not think that I have come to ask you for your vote. I respect the independence of opinion too much for that. It is the Baroness who said to me: " Go see that poor Galouzet, tell his little wife that she is neglecting me and that I am angry with her for that. Ask about their lovely children, and say that I absolutely insist on having them over for dinner,” plate 1 from Les Carottes

A work made of lithograph in black on off-white wove paper.
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  • A work made of lithograph in black on off-white wove paper.

Date:

1844

Artist:

Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879

About this artwork

This work comes from a series of six prints published from March to May 1844 in the illustrated periodical Le Charivari. In each a victim is taken by a clever gambit. Here an ingratiating political candidate appears out of his depth while trying to win his neighbor’s vote with a house call. Not just kissing babies, he has been surrounded by the family’s children and may not emerge with the contents of his pockets intact.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Title

The Election Hoax. “My dear friend... do not think that I have come to ask you for your vote. I respect the independence of opinion too much for that. It is the Baroness who said to me: " Go see that poor Galouzet, tell his little wife that she is neglecting me and that I am angry with her for that. Ask about their lovely children, and say that I absolutely insist on having them over for dinner,” plate 1 from Les Carottes

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1844

Medium

Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 22 × 18.2 cm (8 11/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 35.6 × 27 cm (14 1/16 × 10 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt

Reference Number

1973.519

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