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   Pardon, Monsieur, je suis courtier de Commerce, attaché aux pompes funèbres, et je venais voir!.... si Monsieur.....
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In this series Daumier describes the various emotional reactions of his fellow citizens when faced with precarious situations… the doorman, who when peeking through a keyhole, sees his wife being embraced by one of his tenants, the old gentleman remembering with wistfulness his conquests of long ago, when seeing some models in a window decoration, but most touching, the father from the provinces who purposely is not being recognized by his “established ” son when visiting the city. Daumier succeeds to show the bourgeoisie with humour but also with that certain touch of bitterness and at the same time endeavours to help us understand how much we are all fighting to climb up the social ladder, while often forgetting our roots and damaging our own self-esteem as well as that of our surrounding."name=DCTERMS.abstract><meta content="34.5 x 26 cm"name=DCTERMS.extent><meta content=colored name=DCTERMS.extent><meta content="1 lithograph"name=DCTERMS.extent><meta content=image/jpeg name=DC.format><meta content="Paris, 1840"name=DC.publisher><meta content="Emotions parisiennes; 22"name=DCTERMS.isPartOf><meta content="Delteil. Daumier, 706"name=DCTERMS.isReferencedBy><meta content="Copyright restrictions may apply. For permission to copy or use this image, contact the Robert D. 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In this series Daumier describes the various emotional reactions of his fellow citizens when faced with precarious situations… the doorman, who when peeking through a keyhole, sees his wife being embraced by one of his tenants, the old gentleman remembering with wistfulness his conquests of long ago, when seeing some models in a window decoration, but most touching, the father from the provinces who purposely is not being recognized by his “established ” son when visiting the city. Daumier succeeds to show the bourgeoisie with humour but also with that certain touch of bitterness and at the same time endeavours to help us understand how much we are all fighting to climb up the social ladder, while often forgetting our roots and damaging our own self-esteem as well as that of our surrounding.</div></div><div class=simple-item-view-description><h3 class=bold>Description:</h3><div xmlns:i18n=http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1><div class=spacer> </div> 2nd state. <div class=spacer> </div> Published in: Le Charivari, January 12, 1840. <div class=spacer> </div></div></div><p class="ds-paragraph item-view-toggle item-view-toggle-bottom"><a href=/handle/10192/4632?show=full> Show full item record </a></div><h2 xmlns:atom=http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom xmlns:i18n=http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1 xmlns:ore=http://www.openarchives.org/ore/terms/ xmlns:oreatom=http://www.openarchives.org/ore/atom/>Files in this item</h2><div class=file-list xmlns:atom=http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom xmlns:i18n=http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1 xmlns:ore=http://www.openarchives.org/ore/terms/ xmlns:oreatom=http://www.openarchives.org/ore/atom/><div class="file-wrapper clearfix"><div class=thumbnail-wrapper><a class=image-link href=/bitstream/handle/10192/4632/LD706.jpg?sequence=1&isAllowed=y> <img alt=Thumbnail src=/bitstream/handle/10192/4632/LD706.jpg.jpg?sequence=3&isAllowed=y> </a></div><div style="height: 80px;"class=file-metadata><div><span class=bold> Name: </span><span title=LD706.jpg xmlns:i18n=http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1> LD706.jpg </span></div><div><span class=bold> Size: </span><span xmlns:i18n=http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1> 119.0Kb </span></div><div xmlns:i18n=http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1><span class=bold> Format: </span><span xmlns:i18n=http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1> JPEG image </span></div></div><div style="height: 80px;"class=file-link xmlns:i18n=http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1><a href=/bitstream/handle/10192/4632/LD706.jpg?sequence=1&isAllowed=y> View/ <wbr xmlns:i18n=http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1> Open </a></div></div></div><h2 class=ds-list-head>This item appears in the following Collection(s)</h2><ul class=ds-referenceSet-list xmlns=http://di.tamu.edu/DRI/1.0/ xmlns:atom=http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom xmlns:i18n=http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1 xmlns:ore=http://www.openarchives.org/ore/terms/ xmlns:oreatom=http://www.openarchives.org/ore/atom/><li><a href=/handle/10192/5> Honoré Daumier Digitized Lithographs </a> <br></ul></div></div><div id=ds-options-wrapper><div id=ds-options><h1 class=ds-option-set-head id=ds-search-option-head>Search BIR</h1><div class=ds-option-set id=ds-search-option xmlns:i18n=http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1><form action=/discover id=ds-search-form method=post><fieldset><input class=ds-text-field name=query><input onclick='
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