The Election Hoax. “My dear friend... do not think that I have come to ask you for your vote. I respect the independence of opinion too much for that. It is the Baroness who said to me: " Go see that poor Galouzet, tell his little wife that she is neglecting me and that I am angry with her for that. Ask about their lovely children, and say that I absolutely insist on having them over for dinner,” plate 1 from Les Carottes
1844
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879
France
This work comes from a series of six prints published from March to May 1844 in the illustrated periodical Le Charivari. In each a victim is taken by a clever gambit. Here an ingratiating political candidate appears out of his depth while trying to win his neighbor’s vote with a house call. Not just kissing babies, he has been surrounded by the family’s children and may not emerge with the contents of his pockets intact.
Lithograph in black on off-white wove paper