The usefulness of the crinoline when cheating the customs, plate 414 from Actualités

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The usefulness of the crinoline when cheating the customs, plate 414 from Actualités

Honoré Victorin Daumier

Date
1857
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Culture
France
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Daumier’s Actualités (News of the Day) lithograph series for the satirical daily Charivari treated many themes, with topics ranging from fashion to politics. Here the trendy crinoline cage supporting newly widened skirts proves a convenient method to shield foodstuffs from taxation; the whalebone frame covers most of a butcher’s larder as well as an oversized wine bottle.

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