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"Silver mines, gold mines, diamond mines are mere Mulligan stew and ratatouille compared to my coal. But—are you going to say—you must be selling your stocks for a million? I don't sell my stocks, gentlemen, I give them away against two measly hundred francs. I give two for the price of one, I give a needle, a cotton-bud, a bodkin, and I give you my blessing to cap it all... Now let's hear that big drum!"
Artist
- Name:
- Daumier, Honoré
- Dates:
- 1808-1879
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Humor, People
- 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
A peddler stands at the rear of a carriage and sells stocks to the crowd gathered around him as his sidekick beats a drum. The caption reads in the original French:
Messieurs et dames !
— Les mines d’argent, les mines d’or, les mines de diamant ne sont que de la pot-bouille, de la ratatouille en comparaison de ma houille… Mais (que vous m’allez dire), tu vends alors tes actions un million ? Mes actions, messieurs, je ne les vends pas je les donne pour deux cents misérables francs, j’en donne deux pour une, je donne une aiguille, un cure-oreille, un passe-lacet, et je vous donne encore ma bénédiction par-dessus le marché… En avant la grosse caisse !
Keywords: 1830s, 19th century, Aubert, black & white, male, peddling, street
