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Dernier conseil des ex ministres (Last Cabinet Meeting of the Ex-Ministers)
Dernier conseil des ex ministres (Last Cabinet Meeting of the Ex-Ministers)

Dernier conseil des ex ministres (Last Cabinet Meeting of the Ex-Ministers)

Artist/Maker (French, 1808–1879)
Date1848
MediumLithograph
DimensionsImage: 8 7/16 × 10 5/8 in. (21.4 × 27 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 11 5/16 in. (24.9 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Eugene L. Garbaty
Object number1954.122
Status
Not on view
More Information
When Louis-Philippe abdicated the throne and fled to England in 1848, Daumier expressed his relief in this allegorical representation of the Republic, with her signature Phrygian cap, chasing out the members of the King’s cabinet and establishing herself as the legitimate and enlightened ruler of France. The day after the Republic was proclaimed, Philipon made a similarly dramatic statement when he wrote, “Paris woke up in the morning under a Monarchy and went to sleep at night as a Republic.”
ProvenanceEugene L. Garbáty [1880-1966], Berlin and New York; by gift 1954 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Satire and Sympathy: Daumier’s Human Comedy
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 6, 1980 - March 9, 1980 )
The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th Century France
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 6, 2013 - December 22, 2013 )
Collections
  • European
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