Daumier - Types Parisiens No 10

The French text below the image translates to : GOOD! NEVER MIND!.. WE WILL PLEAD... I PREFER THAT ANYWAY !! Folds as issued, text on the reverse. Original lithograph by Honore Daumier published in Paris circa 1840. Initialled 'HD' in the image. From his series titled Types Parisiens. Honore Daumier (1808-1879), was a French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor, whose many works offer commentary on social and political life in France in the 19th century. A prolific and reknown draftsman who produced over 4000 lithographs, he was perhaps best known for his caricatures of political figures and satires on the behaviour of his countrymen. Sheet slightly trimmed.