Caption
Ratapoil carrying propaganda, Ratapoil pressures a farmer to support his campaign, Current Affairs, cartoon, Series number, 150, printmaker: Honoré Daumier, Paris, printer (person): veuve Aubert, publisher: Aubert & Cie., 1851, printer (person), paper, lithography, height 308 mm x width 216 mm, Print used for: Le Charivari, June 19, 1851. In Daumier's oeuvre, Ratapoil is a cunning supporter of militarism, and a proponent of the rehabilitation of the Napoleonic Empire., political caricatures and satires, caricatures (human types), oral revolutionary action, A pencil drawing of two men standing and facing each other, one leaning in close and whispering while the other stands with hands clasped at his stomach and a guarded expression, both wearing worn clothing and hats; the whispering man is thinner with a long coat and cane strapped across his back, the other is stockier with rolled sleeves, patched trousers, and oversized shoes; the background shows rough shading suggesting an outdoor setting and part of a wooden structure at the left edge, and the image has printed borders and aged paper texture.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A93_399
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58.0Mb (8.6Mb) / 12.5in x 18.0in / 3756 x 5399 (300dpi)