Daumier - Odillon Barrot
Lithograph. 1848. 365mm by 245mm (sheet). ODILON BARROT. Plan, coupe et Elevation du grand homme et de son pedestal.'
'ODILON BARROT. Drawing, site and height of this important man and his pedestal.'Camille Hyacinthe Odilon Barrot was a French politician who was briefly head of the council of ministers under Prince Louis Napoleon in 1848-49.Original lithograph by Honore Daumier published in Paris in 1848. From a series titled 'Les Representans Representes' (The representative represented) depicting the portraits of the 'Assemblee Constituante' (Constituent Assembly) and the 'Assemblee Legislative' (Legislative Assembly). 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.Text on the reverse as issued. Faint ink off-setting." Item #214
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