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(French, 1808–1879)
Allons messieurs... (Come on, gentlemen...), 1844
Lithograph
Gift of Frederick B. Artz, 1937.34
Daumier was suspicious of the new social type of the bour-geois philanthropist. All too often, Daumier suggested, the philanthropist’s motives were self-interested rather than humanitarian.
— Allons messieurs ... allons donc ... disputez-vous c'est bien, mais ne vous battez pas ... songez donc que nous nous som-mes réunis pour organiser définitivement notre Société de Paix universelle ! ...
— Come on Gentlemen, come on... argue all you want, but don't hit each other... remember that we have gathered together here to organize once and for all our ){kind=link}
The Human Comedy: Chronicles of 19th-Century France
Allons messieurs...
Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) Allons messieurs... (Come on, gentlemen...), 1844 Lithograph Gift of Frederick B. Artz, 1937.34
Daumier was suspicious of the new social type of the bour-geois philanthropist. All too often, Daumier suggested, the philanthropist’s motives were self-interested rather than humanitarian.
— Allons messieurs ... allons donc ... disputez-vous c'est bien, mais ne vous battez pas ... songez donc que nous nous som-mes réunis pour organiser définitivement notre Société de Paix universelle ! ...
— Come on Gentlemen, come on... argue all you want, but don't hit each other... remember that we have gathered together here to organize once and for all our "Society for Universal Peace"!!