Robert: “- Well, well! My dear director... how's business?” Bertrand: “- Good, very good, I am quite content. Unfortunately we don't have a penny to continue! - Oh blast! - But an investor still owes us 200,000 Francs... and will come up for signature either tonight or latest tomorrow morning. - About time... I urgently need a new pair of boots,” plate 6 from Robert Macaire
1841
Honoré Victorin Daumier (French, 1808-1879) model by Édouard Bouvenne (French, active 19th century)
France
In the 19th century, men’s accessories were much less varied and changeable than women’s undergarments, but evidently still indispensible. Honoré Daumier’s failing director’s first priority is therefore to buy new boots once his business is solvent again. This unique impression served as a color template for a hand-colored edition of the print.
Lithograph, with watercolor, heightened with gum arabic on ivory wove paper