France, (1808-1879)
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La Tentation
- [the Temptation]
- (1835), lithograph
- 8.6 x 11 in. (21.9 x 27.9 cm.) [image]
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Le Boucher
- [the Butcher]
- (ndg.), charcoal, pen, and black ink
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Le Charcutier
- [the Pork Butcher]
- (ndg.), lithograph with hand coloring
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Le Boucher
- [the Butcher]
- (c. 1860), brush and gray wash, black Conté crayon and charcoal on paper
- 12 x 9.8 in. (30.5 x 24.9 cm.)
- Private collection
About the Artist
Honoré Daumier, French, (1808-1879). Honoré Victorin Daumier was a French caricaturist, painter and sculptor who began his career as a graphic artist.
Daumier was especially renowned for satirical cartoons and drawings of 19th-century French politics and society. During the course of his life he produced over 4,000 lithographs of political and social comment.