So this is all we got ourselves killed for!, 1835
Honoré Daumierexpand_more
Lithograph (sur blanc)expand_more
Gift of Mrs. C. C. Boveyexpand_more P.8,036
Not on Viewexpand_more
This powerful image depicts three martyrs of the Revolution of 1830 rising from the dead five years later to find that they have died in vain. Rather than liberty, they discover that poverty, corruption, and fraud rule during the July Monarchy, as Louis-Philippe's reign was called. This would be Daumier's last political caricature for many years. Censorship laws enacted in September 1835 restricted the freedom of the press and prohibited imagery that attacked the regime, forcing Daumier to concentrate on social satire.
Details
- Title
- So this is all we got ourselves killed for!
- Artist Life
- 1808–1879
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.8,036
- Provenance
- Sarah Bernhardt, Paris (until d. 1923; her sale, part 2, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, July 23, 1923, part of 27 albums in no. 723). [Weyhe Gallery, New York, until 1924; sold 27 albums, for $600, to Bovey for MIA]; Mrs. Charles C. Bovey, Minneapolis (1924; gave 27 albums to MIA)
- Catalogue Raisonne
- L.D. 0130, H-D.305
- Curator Approved
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