Daumier - Au nouvel an

An indispensable New Year's visit at aunt Rabourdin's.' Original lithograph by Honore Daumier published in Paris in 1844. Initialled 'HD' in the image. From the series 'Les Bons Bourgeois' (The petty bourgeois) from the Parisien magazine 'Le Charivari'. 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 behavior of his countrymen. Sheet trimmed but not affecting image or title etc. Folds as issued, text on the reverse as issued. Some off-setting.