Marius At Carthage. Soldier, say to the senate that in my noble poverty I have taken for a chair a ruin And if I were in Sylla I would not be sitting here. (Pun attributed to M. Cousin), plate 35 from Histoire Ancienne
published November 13, 1842
Honoré Victorin Daumier
French, 1808-1879
France
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, with text added in another hand and letterpress verso