Moeurs Conjugales. No 23 [From the album "Moeurs Conjugales" on white quality paper (Not from the "Charivari"). No text to the verso]
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[Paris] Imp. d´Aubert & Cie. Chez Bauger, R. du Croissant 16. [1843] 32 x 25 cm. Lithograph. Fine condition. A caricature by Daumier from the serie "Moeurs Conjugales", satiring french married life of the mid 19th century. This was a time when the women´s liberation movement was strongly pushing ahead in France. The "Moeurs Conjugales" depicts well known siuations that appeared on that theme in urban Paris. The text below the image reads: (La femme) Je viens de découvrir une meche dans votre gilet! (Le Mari embarassé) Bon! bon! Tu sais que je m´occupe de curiosité; je l´au achetée commissairres priseurs. On dit que ca vient de Cleopatre!