Dufaure (Minister of the Interior). Brooding about the short life-span of human greatness in general and positions of ministers in particular.

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Dufaure (Minister of the Interior). Brooding about the short life-span of human greatness in general and positions of ministers in particular.
Image Not Available for Dufaure (Minister of the Interior). Brooding about the short life-span of human greatness in general and positions of ministers in particular.

Dufaure (Minister of the Interior). Brooding about the short life-span of human greatness in general and positions of ministers in particular.

PortfolioPlate 6 from the series "Les Représentans Représentés"
Date1848
MediumCrayon lithograph
DimensionsSheet: 298 × 210 mm. (11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGiven in Memory of Joseph Katz by his Children
Object number1963.109.165
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for The last cabinet meeting of the ex-ministers.
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1848
Image Not Available for Mr. Viennet at the rostrum. What do I say! (Mr. Laboissière, you do say the nicest things!)…. Let us be greedy... let us give the ministers the funds that they require and let's vote for repressive laws. The present legality is killing us etc. etc. The speaker has carried on in this tone for three hours and 35 minutes and no one has bothered answering him.
Mr. Viennet at the rostrum. What do I say! (Mr. Laboissière, you do say the nicest things!)…. Let us be greedy... let us give the ministers the funds that they require and let's vote for repressive laws. The present legality is killing us etc. etc. The speaker has carried on in this tone for three hours and 35 minutes and no one has bothered answering him.
1833
Image Not Available for Mr. Viennet at the rostrum. What do I say! (Mr. Laboissière, you do say the nicest things!)…. Let us be greedy... let us give the ministers the funds that they require and let's vote for repressive laws. The present legality is killing us etc. etc. The speaker has carried on in this tone for three hours and 35 minutes and no one has bothered answering him.
Mr. Viennet at the rostrum. What do I say! (Mr. Laboissière, you do say the nicest things!)…. Let us be greedy... let us give the ministers the funds that they require and let's vote for repressive laws. The present legality is killing us etc. etc. The speaker has carried on in this tone for three hours and 35 minutes and no one has bothered answering him.
1833
Image Not Available for The soothsayers in action, before Caesar chooses his ministers.
The soothsayers in action, before Caesar chooses his ministers.
1850
Image Not Available for Trouvé-Chauvel. Strict guardian of the Republic's finances, citizen Trouvé-Chauvel never separates himself from the treasure, even when he goes to the National Assembly. It is true that it is very easy for him to carry it over his shoulder. This minister has an obsession, which is making him quite unhappy; he wants to balance revenue with expenditure, but he cannot find the means to this end.... also, he doesn't like people saying to him: - have you found it, Chauvel?....
Trouvé-Chauvel. Strict guardian of the Republic's finances, citizen Trouvé-Chauvel never separates himself from the treasure, even when he goes to the National Assembly. It is true that it is very easy for him to carry it over his shoulder. This minister has an obsession, which is making him quite unhappy; he wants to balance revenue with expenditure, but he cannot find the means to this end.... also, he doesn't like people saying to him: - have you found it, Chauvel?....
1848
Image Not Available for A new way to float down the river of life. - Radiguet you rascal, to hell with you, your boat and your new invention.... it is your fault that the entire outing went down the drain. - Come, come now.... no reason to scream hell. I am just angry about my boot-maker... since my shoes are being filled with water coming from the holes in the pockets of my pants.
A new way to float down the river of life. - Radiguet you rascal, to hell with you, your boat and your new invention.... it is your fault that the entire outing went down the drain. - Come, come now.... no reason to scream hell. I am just angry about my boot-maker... since my shoes are being filled with water coming from the holes in the pockets of my pants.
1843
Image Not Available for A presumptuous heir. First philosophy lesson given by the nurse Jabutot to her student; while she devotes herself to dancing, she gives him a glimpse of the difficulties of a social position, and teaches him that during the course of life, man remains occasionally in suspense!
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1843
Image Not Available for The Heir Apparent. First philosophy lesson given by the nurse Jabutot to her student; while she devotes herself to dancing, she gives him a glimpse of the difficulties of a social position, and teaches him that during the course of life, man remains occasionally in suspense!
The Heir Apparent. First philosophy lesson given by the nurse Jabutot to her student; while she devotes herself to dancing, she gives him a glimpse of the difficulties of a social position, and teaches him that during the course of life, man remains occasionally in suspense!
1843
Image Not Available for The disadvantage of sending a bad painting to the exhibition. - They wrote across my forest! Spinach twelve sous per meter! - And what about me, my magnificent study worthy of Géricault,... they had the audacity to stick this label on it!! This is a horse, don't mistake it for an ass which might confuse it with the author!
The disadvantage of sending a bad painting to the exhibition. - They wrote across my forest! Spinach twelve sous per meter! - And what about me, my magnificent study worthy of Géricault,... they had the audacity to stick this label on it!! This is a horse, don't mistake it for an ass which might confuse it with the author!
1848
Image Not Available for Amazing, during all this hassle about emperors and kings, here is the Queen of England who shows a resolute character and decided to give birth to her eighth daughter. - What strength of character!
Amazing, during all this hassle about emperors and kings, here is the Queen of England who shows a resolute character and decided to give birth to her eighth daughter. - What strength of character!
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Image Not Available for The Bailiff's Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!... they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave!
The Bailiff's Man. They call us enemy of liberty. What are those cadets there complaining about!... they are being chauffeured around, and they have a valet behind them. What a way to behave!
1841
Image Not Available for The Rev. Timothy Priestley, Minister of the Gospel in Manchester
The Rev. Timothy Priestley, Minister of the Gospel in Manchester
1780