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A Friend Is a Crocodile (Un Ami est un Crocodile)

1845
19th century
228 x 193 mm (9 x 7.6 in.)

Honoré Daumier, French, (1808–1879)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Lithograph on wove newsprint paper

State: Second of two states

Print impression quality: Very good

Series: from series Les Amis

Edition: Published in “Le Charivari” 19 June 1845

Marks: Signed on stone, lower left: “h.D.”

Bibliography: Loys Delteil 1384.

Credit Line: Gift of Juwil C. and Virgil W. Topazio (BA Wesleyan 1943), 1984

Accession Number: 1984.29.50.10b

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satire*, social satire

satire - Artistic device holding up human folly and vice to scorn, derision, or ridicule. [November 1994 scope note added; related term added; alternate term added. May 1994 related term added.]
social satire

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image Dimensions: 228 x 193 mm (9 x 7.6 in.)

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Honoré Daumier, French, (1808–1879) . A Friend Is a Crocodile (Un Ami est un Crocodile), 1845. From Les Amis. Lithograph on wove newsprint paper. Second of two states. image : 228 x 193 mm (9 x 7.6 in.). Sheet : 356 x 229 mm (14 x 9 in.). DAC accession number 1984.29.50.10b. Gift of Juwil C. and Virgil W. Topazio (BA Wesleyan 1943), 1984. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .

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