“- Sir, you who are so good, can't you get me small position?.... I am able to furnish you the best references on my honesty.... - You have always remained honest?... But in that case, my worthy man, why the devil have you come to me? You ought to know that I concentrate all my business and all my charities on this highly interesting class of freed convicts! Why don't you go and steal something or at least kill a bit... and once you are out of Toulon-prison, come and see me... I'll be delighted to offer you a helping hand!,” plate 19 from Les Philantropes Du Jour by Honoré-Victorin Daumier, print, 1845

“- Sir, you who are so good, can't you get me small position?.... I am able to furnish you the best references on my honesty.... - You have always remained honest?... But in that case, my worthy man, why the devil have you come to me? You ought to know that I concentrate all my business and all my charities on this highly interesting class of freed convicts! Why don't you go and steal something or at least kill a bit... and once you are out of Toulon-prison, come and see me... I'll be delighted to offer you a helping hand!,” plate 19 from Les Philantropes Du Jour

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Year
1845
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper, with letterpress verso
Dimensions
Image: 22.9 × 17.7 cm (9 1/16 × 7 in.); Sheet: 34.7 × 24.6 cm (13 11/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Print
Culture
France

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