Caption
Robert Macaire explains to Bertrand how to deceive the public, Caricatures, Caricaturana, cartoon, Series number, 70, 100, printmaker: Honoré Daumier, after design by Charles Philipon, printer (person): Aubert & Cie., Paris, 1837, printer (person), paper, lithography, letterpress printing, lithography with text in letterpress on verso, height 268 mm x width 219 mm, Print possibly from: Le Charivari, December 24, 1837., cortege, funeral procession, quack, charlatan, mountebank, 'saltimbanco', Two men in tall hats and formal coats stand facing each other in a crowded street, one with a narrow gaunt face and pronounced nose pulling his coat open to reveal a wrinkled shirt while the other, heavier with a rounder face and beard, gestures toward him with gloved hands; behind them a dense crowd of darkly sketched figures fills the scene in front of tall buildings with windows and architectural details, and a small raised platform with a person seated is visible in the background; the ground is drawn as irregular cobblestones and the whole image is rendered in monochrome charcoal-like strokes on aged paper.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A93_416
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