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Honoré Daumier
Les Bons Bourgeois (first series of prints)1846-1847

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Lithograph from the series 'Les Bons Bourgeois,' depicting two caricatured figures in a kitchen interior — a man with exaggerated features holding a utensil and a seated woman with her back to the viewer
Lithograph of two men reading newspapers outdoors; one seated and hunched forward, the other standing and holding an open broadsheet, both in 19th-century coats and top hats, rendered in loose gestural linework with gray wash.
Lithograph with caricatured figures: a waiter with exaggerated features presents a roast on a platter to a seated man at an outdoor dining table, while a woman and child sit across from him; loose, expressive linework; French text "Les Bons Bourgeois" at top.
Lithograph with loose, expressive linework. A reclining figure in white clothing reaches upward toward a flowering branch, gazing at a standing woman in a white dress and veil who turns away coyly. A gnarled tree looms behind them in an outdoor setting. French text reads "Les Bons Bourgeois" at top.
Hand-colored lithograph, two men in black top hats and dark frock coats standing on elevated ground overlooking a wide city panorama. One peers through a spyglass while the other leans in with an exaggerated expression. French caption text below; series title "Les Bons Bourgeois" and number 32 printed at top.
Lithograph with bold, sketchy lines; a man in a top hat and tailcoat and a woman in a bonnet and full skirt carry a large wicker basket between them across an open rural landscape, with the heading "LES BONS BOURGEOIS" printed above.
Lithograph print, plate No. 46 from 'Les Bons Bourgeois' series. A group of five figures in 19th-century French bourgeois dress gathered in an interior: a tall man in a dark coat flanked by two women in bonnets and full skirts, two children at left. A framed portrait hangs on the wall in the background. Bold, caricatured linework with hatched shading.
Lithograph in black and white; a stout man in a top hat and tailcoat holds an umbrella aloft while gazing upward at a starry night sky, standing beside a heavyset woman in a white dress and dark shawl who also looks upward; loose, expressive linework; trees silhouetted in the background; series title "Les Bons Bourgeois" printed at top.
Artist or Maker
Honoré Daumier
Title
Les Bons Bourgeois (first series of prints)
Place Made
France
Date Made
1846-1847
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Various, see individual records
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Talpis
Accession Number
54.71.114-.121
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustré: Daumier, Vols 20-29. Paris: Chez l'auteur, 1906-1926.