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(French, 1808–1879)
Où peut aller cette bande d'hommes armés !... (Where can that band of armed men be going!...), 1848
Lithograph
General Acquisitions Fund, 1944.189.11
This bourgeois couple is so shocked by the Revolution of 1848 that even a group of children parading with toy weap-ons sends them scuttling home in fear. The moderate to conservative bourgeoisie’s fear of the working classes and desire to protect their own property and return to order put an end to the Revolution before many of the social reforms advocated by its leaders could be achieved.
Où peut aller cette bande d’hommes armés !... rentrons, ma femme, c'est effrayant !
Where can that band of armed men be going! Let's go home, my dear, this is frightening!
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The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th-Century France
Où peut aller cette bande ...
Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) Où peut aller cette bande d'hommes armés !... (Where can that band of armed men be going!...), 1848 Lithograph General Acquisitions Fund, 1944.189.11
This bourgeois couple is so shocked by the Revolution of 1848 that even a group of children parading with toy weap-ons sends them scuttling home in fear. The moderate to conservative bourgeoisie’s fear of the working classes and desire to protect their own property and return to order put an end to the Revolution before many of the social reforms advocated by its leaders could be achieved.
Où peut aller cette bande d’hommes armés !... rentrons, ma femme, c'est effrayant !
Where can that band of armed men be going! Let's go home, my dear, this is frightening!