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Honoré Daumier, Do you want gold, do you want money, do you want diamonds, millions, zillions?, ...
Do you want gold, do you want money, do you want diamonds, millions, zillions?
Honoré Daumier, Do you want gold, do you want money, do you want diamonds, millions, zillions?, ...
Honoré Daumier, Do you want gold, do you want money, do you want diamonds, millions, zillions?, 1838. Lithograph on newsprint. Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of The Armand Hammer Foundation, 1987.19.

Do you want gold, do you want money, do you want diamonds, millions, zillions?

Artist (French, 1808 - 1879)
Date1838
MediumLithograph on newsprint
DimensionsUnframed: 13 15/16 × 10 3/16 in. (35.4 × 25.9 cm)
ClassificationsWORK ON PAPER
Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of The Armand Hammer Foundation.
Object number1987.19
DescriptionA man leans over a railing with a raised stick pointing at the wall. A man plays a large drum below him. State: NSL; Plate #81

Text printed below image:

Voulez-vous de l’or ; voulez-vous de l’argent, voulez-vous des diamans, des millions, des milliasses ? Approchez, faites-vous servir………. Baond ! Baond ! Baond-bond-bond !! Voici du bitume, voici de l’acier, du plomb, de l’or, du papier, voici du ferrrrrr gallllllvanisé……. Venez, venez, venez vite, la loi va changer, vous allez tout perdre, dépechez-vous, prenez, prenez vos billets ! prenez vos billets !! (Chaud, chaud, la musique.)
Baond ! Baond !! Baond-baond-baond !! Baond! Baond!!

Do you want gold, do you want money, do you want diamonds, millions, zillions? Step right up, let us help you... Boom! Boom! Boom-bond-bond!! Here's bitumen, here's steel, here's lead, here’s gold, here's paper, here's galvanizzzeddd iron... Step up, step up quickly, the law will change, you'll lose everything, hurry up, buy, buy your shares! Buy your shares now!! Boom! Boom!! Boom-boom-boom!! Bond! Bond!!
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