Terms and conditions of use
Insurrection against husbands is proclaimed as being the first and holiest duty in life
(L'insurrection contre les maris est proclamée le plus saint des devoirs!...)
(1849)
plate no. 1 from the Les femmes socialistes (Socialist women) series
Medium
hand-coloured lithograph and gum arabic
Measurements
25.5 × 20.6 cm (image) 29.0 × 20.6 cm (image and text) 36.1 × 27.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
In mid nineteenth–century France, women began to take on more active roles in public life and political discourse. They participated in protests, strikes and political discussions, demanding greater rights, including suffrage. In his 1849 series Socialist Women, Honoré Daumier satirises the fight for women’s independence. In keeping with contemporary misogynistic attitudes, Daumier portrays politically active, left-leaning women as overly zealous, disconnected from practical concerns, and bordering on the ridiculous. In the first plate from the series, three women resemble witches gathered around a cauldron.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 1918 ii/ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Printing/Publishing
printed and published by Aubert & Cie, Paris
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: h.D.
printed in ink l.l.: Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse.
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 1291
printed in ink l.r.: Imp. Aubert & Cie (. under i)
Accession Number
1337-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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