All Resolutions
"Farewell, country of the arts and phosphoric lighters... Farewell, ungrateful land which drives its children out and banishes and persecutes them... farewell!! I'll take my home, my business, and my capital elsewhere. But I leave my heart with you. Be sure not to lose it."
Artist
- Name:
- Daumier, Honoré
- Dates:
- 1808-1879
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Humor
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Les cent et un Robert-Macaire
- Author(s):
- Alhoy, Maurice, Huart, Louis
- Publisher:
- Paris: Aubert et Cie, 1839
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
As two men carry bags of money past a French border sign, one of them stops to turn around and wave goodbye. The caption reads in the original French:
A tous les cœurs bien nés que la patrie est chère !!…
— Adieu pays des arts et des briquets phosphoriques… Adieu terre ingrate qui chasse tes enfans, qui les exile, qui les persécute… Adieu !!… Je porte ailleurs mes pénates, mon industrie et mes capitaux. Mais je te laisse mon cœur… Prends garde de le perdre…
Keywords: 1830s, 19th century, Aubert, black & white, France, money, parting