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Je suis oiseau, voyez mes ailes, 1869. Creator: Honore Daumier.

Je suis oiseau, voyez mes ailes, 1869. Creator: Honore Daumier.

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Je suis oiseau, voyez mes ailes, 1869. Je suis souris, vivent les rats. (La Fontaine). (Politician standing next to ballot box: I am a bird, see my wings. I am a bat, long live the rats.) In French, the word for mouse is souris. Chauve-souris means bat. From Actualités (News of the day), published in Le Charivari, March 24, 1869.

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Creator
  1. Honore Daumier, attributed to: French: Artist, caricaturist, sculptor
Subject
  1. Emile Ollivier: French: Statesman, politician
People Related
  1. Jean de la Fontaine: French: Author, poet
Medium
  1. Lithograph
Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Satire
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Artistic Representations Caricatures

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History & Politics Politics Politicians

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3641x3590
File Size : 38,295kb

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  1. 53.622.43
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  1. 0950024745
  1. 3-079-353
  1. 3079353
  1. 53.622.43

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