Honoré Victorin Daumier. 1808-1879.

Une attitude en partie double.
(A double-faced attitude).
1867. Lithograph. Delteil 3596.iii (with letters). 9 3/4 x9 1/2 (sheet 11 7/8 x 12). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 18. Published in Le Charivari February 4, 1867. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,R.Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,R.Paradis.Pre.28 Vertical and horizontal fold marks; otherwise fine original condition. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $100.

Greece supported the Greeks in Crete in their uprisings against the Turkish occupation. Turkey is the fireman,and Greece is blowing up the smoke with a pair of bellows. The Turkish Sultan put down the rebellion in Crete and brought the island back under his rule.

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