The great graphic satirist, Honore Daumier depicted Louis Philippe, the
Citizen King, as a pear - not only in the structure of the head, but also
the whole body. Even when the image was banned by the censor, the pear
would appear at a distance from a resemblance to Louis Philippe, but the
reading public knew the formula and made the links.
01 masks of 1831 - Leading Politicians.
02 Honore Daumier Past Present Future litho., January 1834
03 Gargantua litho1831 - his depiction of Louis Philippe as the feeding
Gargantua (after Rabelais)
Daumier's
charcaterisation of the Ruler resulted in imprisonment from September
1832 to January 1833.
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