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Honoré Daumier — Convicted for having sold crushed sandstone instead of brown sugar
Honoré Daumier

Convicted for having sold crushed sandstone instead of brown sugar

1855

Commercial fraud receives satirical treatment, highlighting Daumier's role as a chronicler of urban crime and social corruption in mid-19th century Paris.

Medium
lithograph

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Honoré Daumier, Convicted for having sold crushed sandstone instead of brown sugar, 1855

Commercial fraud receives satirical treatment, highlighting Daumier's role as a chronicler of urban crime and social corruption in mid-19th century Paris.

Medium
lithograph
Year
1855
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, French, Political, 19th Century, Caricature, Social Commentary, Lithograph, Figurative, Dark Humor, Satirical

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