Mr. Prudhomme philantrope (Mr. Prudhomme the Philanthropist), from the series Les Actualités
Artist/Maker
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808–1879)
Date1856
MediumLithograph
DimensionsImage: 7 7/8 × 9 3/8 in. (20 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 10 1/16 in. (24.1 × 25.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 10 1/16 in. (24.1 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Eugene L. Garbaty
PortfolioLes Actualités (Current Events)
Object number1954.167
Status
Not on viewMr. Prudhomme philantrope.<
> —Par cela même que je suis philantrope, je me fais un devoir de ne point encourager la mendicité, l’homme doit subvenir par son travail à tous ses besoins ... est-ce que l’on me voit jamais mendier, ... moi!<
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> Mr. Prudhomme the Philanthropist.<
> —Even though I’m a philanthropist, I feel it is my duty not to encourage begging. Man must provide for his own needs by his labor... do you ever see me begging?...<
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Exhibition History
> —Par cela même que je suis philantrope, je me fais un devoir de ne point encourager la mendicité, l’homme doit subvenir par son travail à tous ses besoins ... est-ce que l’on me voit jamais mendier, ... moi!<
> <
> Mr. Prudhomme the Philanthropist.<
> —Even though I’m a philanthropist, I feel it is my duty not to encourage begging. Man must provide for his own needs by his labor... do you ever see me begging?...<
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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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