Charivari Invention

Artist Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879)

Date1868

MediumLithograph on newsprint

DimensionsUnframed: 11 7/16 × 9 5/16 in. (29.1 × 23.7 cm)

ClassificationsWORK ON PAPER

Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer

Object number1987.91

DescriptionA man leaning on a spear stands next to a cannon. The cannon has a dial with roman numerals and a clock hand. State: iii/iii; Plate: #144

Text printed below the image:

INVENTION CHARIVARIQUE.
Le canon à compteur faisant l'addition de ce que coûte la guerre.

CHARIVARI INVENTION.
A cannon equipped with a counter adding the costs of war.

Status

Not on view