Honoré Victorin Daumier. 1808-1879.

EXERCICES DE L'HERCULE PRUSSIEN.
- Le lèvra-t-il? ne le lèvra-t-il pas?
(EXERCISES OF THE PRUSSIAN HERCULES.)
Will he or won't he be able to lift it up? 1866. Lithograph. Delteil 3495.iii/iii (with letters). 9 3/8 x 8 5/9 (sheet 11 13/16 x 10 9/16). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 63. Published in Le Charivari April 16, 1866. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r.de Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,28 r.Paradis.Pre. Vertical and horizontal marks; scattered foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $75.

The Prussian Hercules was Otto Eduard Leopold, Prinz von Bismarck(1815 – 1898). THe heavy costs of Prussian rearmament (leading ultimately to the Franco-Prussian War) are a heavy burden.

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