Robert-Macaire Médicin (Robert Macaire Doctor), plate 8 from the series Caricaturana
Honoré Victorin Daumier, French, 1808 - 1879
1838
Hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
Sur blanc impression
Image: 9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.2 × 20.4 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.9 × 27.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Allerton C. Hickmott, Class of 1917
PR.2000.15.4
Printer
Imprimerie d'Aubert & Junca, Paris
Publisher
Chez Aubert & Cie, Paris
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Lettered, upper right: Caricaturana, No. 8; inscribed, on stone, upper left: CONSULTATIONS / GRATUITES; inscribed, on stone, center: Opiat....10f. / Sirop....10f. / Total 20f.; lettered, lower left margin: Chez Aubert, gal. vero-dodat; lettered, lower right margin: Imp. d'Aubert et de Junca, gal. Colbert; lettered, lower center: Robert Macaire-Médecin. / Diable! ne plaisantez pas avec cette maladie!....Croyez-moi, buvez de l'eau, beaucoup d'eau. Frottez-vous / les os des jambes et revenez me voir souvent, ça ne vous runiera pas mes consultations sont gratuites... / Vous me devez 20 F pour ces deux bouteilles. / (On reprend le verre pour 10 Centimes.); inscribed, in graphite, lower left: KEB6432; inscribed, in graphite, lower center; 1903 [Translated text: Robert Macaire, doctor. For heaven's sake, do not take this illness lightly! Believe me, you must drink a lot of water, rub your legs and come to see me often... it won't ruin you.... My consultations are free of charge.... You just pay me 20 Francs for the two bottles. For 10 cents I will take the container back.]
Course History
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
REL 53, Religion, Healing and Medicine, Elizabeth Perez, Winter 2012
ANTH 7, The Values of Medicine, Sienna Craig, Winter 2013
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Sienna Craig, Spring 2012
ANTH 17, The Anthropology of Health and Illness, Lauren Gulbas, Fall 2013
ANTH 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Fall 2022
Exhibition History
Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 26-May 19, 2002.
France in Transformation: The Caricature of Honore Daumier, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 25-August 24, 2009.
Catalogue Raisonne
Hazard (1904): 996; Delteil (1926), Vol. 2: 361; Daumier Register: 361
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