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“- Arthur, you had promised me a throne and all you did is put me behind a counter. - Eloise, remember Napoleon's definition of a throne: 'four boards covered with a carpet.' You are sitting on six boards and a cushion,” plate 36 from Moeurs Conjugales

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork Details

Date
published April 11, 1841
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, with text added in another hand and letterpress verso
Culture
France
Dimensions
843 × 1205 px
Public Domain
Yes
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