Wretch of a may-bug . . . it's you who devours my estate . . . I shall slay you with my own hand!

Wretch of a may-bug . . . it's you who devours my estate . . . I shall slay you with my own hand!

Artist Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)

CultureFrench

Date1845

Mediumlithograph

Dimensions14 5/16 x 9 5/8 in. (36.4 x 24.4 cm)

Classificationsprints

Credit LineBequest of Dean Walker

Object number2006.29.18

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Look, Papa, It's You! (Tiens, Papa, Te V'la!)

Look, Papa, It's You! (Tiens, Papa, Te V'la!)

Honoré Daumier

1852

Oh, Here You Are, My Poor Dear! (Eh Te V'la Mon Pauvre Fieu!)

Oh, Here You Are, My Poor Dear! (Eh Te V'la Mon Pauvre Fieu!)

Honoré Daumier

1840

My God! Madame Bombec, what happened to you?, plate 30 from Types Parisiens

My God! Madame Bombec, what happened to you?, plate 30 from Types Parisiens

Honoré Daumier

published June 11, 1842

You Catch the Drift of What I'm Saying?

You Catch the Drift of What I'm Saying?

Honoré Daumier

n.d.

Can You See a Civilized Place…?, plate 3 from Les Artistes

Can You See a Civilized Place…?, plate 3 from Les Artistes

Honoré Daumier

published May 24, 1849

So, you want to meddle with the press!, plate 319 from La Caricature

So, you want to meddle with the press!, plate 319 from La Caricature

Honoré Daumier

published October 3, 1833

Yes, It Is My Deceased Wife! (Oui, C'est Bien Feue Ma Femme!)

Yes, It Is My Deceased Wife! (Oui, C'est Bien Feue Ma Femme!)

Honoré Daumier

1847

Does the cuckoo also / announce its name from above the clouds? / Yorimasa extemporizes: / I only bent my bow / and the arrow shot itself, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)

Does the cuckoo also / announce its name from above the clouds? / Yorimasa extemporizes: / I only bent my bow / and the arrow shot itself, from the series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyakushi)

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

1888

Medallion Representing a Pelican Feeding Its Young with Its Own Blood

Medallion Representing a Pelican Feeding Its Young with Its Own Blood

Unidentified artist

15th century

"It's the Least You Can Do!!"

"It's the Least You Can Do!!"

Charles Alston

c. 1940-1944

The Apocalypse: St. John Devours the Book and The Fifth Trumpet Call: a Plague of Locusts

The Apocalypse: St. John Devours the Book and The Fifth Trumpet Call: a Plague of Locusts

Virgil Solis the Elder

n.d.

The Apocalypse: St. John Devours the Book and The Fifth Trumpet Call: a Plague of Locusts

The Apocalypse: St. John Devours the Book and The Fifth Trumpet Call: a Plague of Locusts

Virgil Solis the Elder

n.d.