The Subscriber and His Newspaper. “- Listen darling, the first three columns of my morning paper are completely empty! It seems that they must have really said some nasty things. - May quite well be, but now that you mention it, to write nothing at all, I find that even more nasty!,” plate 2 from Caricatures Du Jour

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Title

The Subscriber and His Newspaper. “- Listen darling, the first three columns of my morning paper are completely empty! It seems that they must have really said some nasty things. - May quite well be, but now that you mention it, to write nothing at all, I find that even more nasty!,” plate 2 from Caricatures Du Jour

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1842

Medium

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 16.6 × 23.3 cm (6 9/16 × 9 3/16 in.); Sheet: 24.8 × 33.2 cm (9 13/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection

Reference Number

1948.407

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