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The Despair of the Butcher. “- Just imagine: Anybody can establish himself as a butcher! Ah! There are moments when I feel like taking my meat chopper and cutting myself in two halves like a simple veal,” plate 458 from Actualités by Honoré-Victorin Daumier, print, 1857

The Despair of the Butcher. “- Just imagine: Anybody can establish himself as a butcher! Ah! There are moments when I feel like taking my meat chopper and cutting myself in two halves like a simple veal,” plate 458 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Year
1857
Medium
Lithograph in black on buff wove paper, with letterpress verso
Dimensions
Image: 21.4 × 24.4 cm (8 7/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 35.8 cm (10 1/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Print
Culture
France

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