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- Mr. DUPIN IN HIS LITTLE SHOES.
Seeing that the law on electroal reform was going to be hotly discussed, Mr. Dupin thought that it was time to show himself….. at Clamency.
Mr. DUPIN IN HIS LITTLE SHOES. Once Mr. Dupin noticed that one started a heated discussion about the reform of the election laws, he considered it the right moment to show himself at Clamecy. (Daumier Register) - Alternative title
- Mr. Dupin dans ses petits souliers. Voyant qu’on allait discuter chaudement la loi sur la réforme électorale, Mr. Dupin a pensé que c’était l’instant de se montrer… à Clamecy.
- Date
- 1850
- Media category
- Materials used
- lithograph
- Edition
- ii of 3
- Dimensions
- 24.8 x 21.2 cm image; 34.3 x 26.2 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.l., black ink [inscribed on stone] "h.D.". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1990
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 178.1990
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Honoré Daumier
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About
Plate 128 from the series 'Actualités' ('News of the day'), published in 'Le Charivari', 18 May 1850.
André Marie Jean Jacques Dupin, President of the Chamber, flees towards his own constituency, Clamency, a small town south of Paris, as the contentious issue of electoral reform is about to be raised.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Citizen Artist - Daumier and his time, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Nov 1990–27 Jan 1991
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Nicholas Draffin, Citizen Artist - Daumier and his time, Sydney, 1991, p 11.
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