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Le Ratapoil by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

Le Ratapoil

Le Ratapoil

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1846–1856

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 44.4 cm (17 1/2 in.)
Genre: statuette
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles

nineteenth century

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portrait: French subjectfiring (heating)nineteenth century19th centurycasting (process)frenchportraitfiguresculptureinorganic materialfiguresmannonferrous metalbronzestatuettesculptingportraitscopper alloysculpture techniquesmetal

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All Right Rigobert, My Old Friend…, plate one from Les Canotiers Parisiens

All Right Rigobert, My Old Friend…, plate one from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843

This is What a Bourgeois Considers a Small Distraction, plate 14 from Les Bons Bourgeois

This is What a Bourgeois Considers a Small Distraction, plate 14 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1846

“- All right Rigobert, my old friend.... we are going to make a long trip today.... did you bring enough provisions on board of our vessel? - Don't talk about it.... all I was able to bring along are two biscuits and a red herring,” plate 1 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

“- All right Rigobert, my old friend.... we are going to make a long trip today.... did you bring enough provisions on board of our vessel? - Don't talk about it.... all I was able to bring along are two biscuits and a red herring,” plate 1 from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843

The Ox-Elephant, a new and very promising breed. Unfortunately still beyond the financial possibilities of the average citizen.... price: 30'000 francs, plate 5 from L'exposition Des Animaux

The Ox-Elephant, a new and very promising breed. Unfortunately still beyond the financial possibilities of the average citizen.... price: 30'000 francs, plate 5 from L'exposition Des Animaux

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1856

Paid By the Minute. “- Driver, you are hardly moving! - Driver, you are not moving at all!,” plate 447 from Actualités

Paid By the Minute. “- Driver, you are hardly moving! - Driver, you are not moving at all!,” plate 447 from Actualités

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Sappho's Death. “Young ladies, you see where love leads us Under our feet so dainty and small The wretched chasm of an abyss Into which we eventually fall,” plate 49 from Histoire Ancienne

Sappho's Death. “Young ladies, you see where love leads us Under our feet so dainty and small The wretched chasm of an abyss Into which we eventually fall,” plate 49 from Histoire Ancienne

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843

Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth. “- This really tastes like bad cooking,” plate 142 from Actualités

Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth. “- This really tastes like bad cooking,” plate 142 from Actualités

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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

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

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Sou..., plate 172 from Célébrités de la Caricature

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Open air exhibition of provincials coming to Paris to see the palace of industry, plate 31 from L'Exposition Universelle

Open air exhibition of provincials coming to Paris to see the palace of industry, plate 31 from L'Exposition Universelle

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