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Order number: LD
105 
Artist: Honoré Daumier
Technique: Lithography
Publication: La Caricature
Publications date: 01/15/1835
Original text: Le Carcan.
Translation: The iron collar.
Background:
Guizot is shown on the left, backed by numerous Government decrees.
The Government assisted by the legal system was most interested
in limiting the freedom of the press as much as possible. This lithograph
represents the National Assembly where the deputies are bored and
asleep.
GUIZOT, François Pierre Guillaume (1787 – 1874)
was a philosopher and historian. In 1812, he became a professor
at the Sorbonne, was Deputy from 1830 to 1848, and held several
ministerial positions between 1830 and 1848. He was generally disliked
for his protestant strictness. Personally incorruptible, he ruled,
according to Victor Hugo, by corruption. He was member of the Doctrinaires
and worked closely with the Thiers and de Broglie governments between
1832 and 1836. From 1840 to 1848, he was Foreign Secretary and was
exiled to England together with Louis-Philippe. Guizot was also
Minister of Education. He was portrayed by Daumier always in a pensive
position, never in a cynical way. (See also DR 148). There exists
also a sculpture by Daumier depicting Guizot (see Gobin nr. 25)
with the title "L'ennuyeux", meaning the bored. In most
caricatures (also by other artists than Daumier) he was shown austere
and respectable and, like in this print, sitting on a "bench
of sorrow".
Condition: very good
Description: Very good impression. No tears, no folds, only
the usual vertical fold.
Back side: not printed: it is a SUR BLANC
Illustration size: approx. 9 x 10.8 inches
Paper size: approx. 10.3 x 13.2 inches
Price: 910 $ SOLD
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