Honore Daumier, "La Caricature"
- Artist/Author/Producer: Daumier, Honore (1808-1879)
- Confronting Bodies: The King Louis-Philipe of France
- Dates of action: 1832
- Location: France
- Description of the Art Work
- "La Caricature", 1832: in 1830 Charles Philipon a liberal journalist who
had founded the opposition journal "La Caricature" invited Daumier to
become contributor. Daumier did a satirical drawing of King
Louis-Philipe Gargentua.
- Description of incident
- 1832 France: Daumier did a satirical drawing of the King Louis-Philipe
for which he served six months in prison at Ste-Pelagie.
- Results of incident
- 1832 France: The journal was suppressed.
Source: Banned Books 387 B.C. to 1978 A.D., by Anne Lyon Haight, and Chandler B. Grannis, R.R. Bowker Co, 1978.
