The Pear
French Graphic Arts in the Golden Age of Caricature
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![Honore Daumier, Mr. Montaugibet, en patissier-gâte-sauce Honore Daumier, Mr. Montaugibet, en patissier-gâte-sauce](https://artmuseum.mtholyoke.edu/sites/default/files/styles/image_1000_wide/public/images/pear_mh_1988_20_16_v1_01-lpr.jpg?itok=-BkEkkmS)
Laura Shea
This catalogue was published in conjunction with an exhibition that focused on anti-monarchist satirical prints by the greatest French caricaturists of the early 19th century. The 65 images illustrated share as their common motif Louis Philippe, the “citizen-king” of France, satirized as a pear. Essays explore the compositional and stylistic invention of the pear series, as well as its impact on politics and censorship during the July monarchy.