DAUMIER, H. - Croquis Parisiens - " Ça sent le jasmin!....... - Ça ne sent pas la violette!......".

Second state (of 3), with text. From "Croquis Parisiens". Text below image :
"- Ça sent le jasmin!.......
- Ça ne sent pas la violette!......"
( - It smells like jasmine! ...... - It does not smell violet ! ......)

In 1855 Daumier started publishing his famous caricatures "Ces Bons Parisiens" (These good Parisians) a series consisting of 11 prints, of which 10 appeared between March 1855 and May 1858 in the Charivari and one in January 1860. A number of extremely rare albums appeared on white paper.

Known chiefly as a political and social satirist, Honoré DAUMIER (1808-1879) used the printmaking process of lithography, still relatively new at the time, to contribute cartoons and caricatures to French news weeklies.