An eye specialist (Monsieur Macaire) trying to convince a patient to spend more money on treatment. Coloured lithograph by H. Daumier after C. Philipon.

  • Philipon, Charles, 1800-1862.
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1830-1839
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16369i
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An eye specialist (Monsieur Macaire) trying to convince a patient to spend more money on treatment. Coloured lithograph by H. Daumier after C. Philipon. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Paris (Gal. Véro Dodat) : Aubert

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; border 23.5 x 22.5 cm

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Un oculiste brèvetè. Ch. Ph. inv. H.D. lith. ... Dialogue includes: "Oh! ̨ca, Monsieur Macaire, depuis six mois vous me bassinez avec votre eau merveilleuse... c'est tout ce que je vois" - ... Hi bien! c'est déja quelque chose; continuer, vous finirez par y voir clair...(à part) dans votre bouse"

References note

Jean Adhémar, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome cinquième, Paris 1949, pp. 463-464, Daumier no. 116.55 ("116. Caricaturana (Robert Macaire), 100 pl. dans le Charivari du 20 août 1836 au 25 novembre 1838 … No. 55. Un oculiste breveté... …")

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The character of Monsieur Macaire is probably fictitious as he appears in H. Daumier's caricatures often in many guises

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Wellcome Collection 16369i

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