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L’Epée de Damocles
184219th century
213 x 199 mm (8.4 x 7.8 in.)
Honoré Daumier, French, (1808–1879)
- Damocles
- mythology
- 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
- swords - Use for edged weapons consisting basically of a blade, generally longer than that of daggers or knives, and a grip; designed for delivering cutting or thrusting blows or both.
- image Dimensions: 213 x 199 mm (8.4 x 7.8 in.)
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Honoré Daumier, French, (1808–1879) . L’Epée de Damocles, 1842. From Histoire Ancienne. Lithograph on white wove paper. Second of three states. image : 213 x 199 mm (8.4 x 7.8 in.). DAC accession number 1965.14.4. Purchase funds, 1965. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: M. Johnston) .
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