Honoré Victorin Daumier. 1808-1879.
SUCCESSEUR DE CHARLEMAGNE. (Charlemagne's Successor.)
1871. Gillotage. Delteil 3857.ii/ii (with letters). 10 1/2 x 9 1/4 (sheet 11 3/4 x 10 3/8). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 348. Published in Le Charivari April 6, 1871. Unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $175.
In 1861, Wilhelm I, Friedrich Ludwig of Hohenzollern (1797-1888) succeeded his as King of Prussia. He led campaigns against Poldnd, Denmark and Austria, and unified Germany. He saw himself as a modern Charlemagne (742-814) who had unified Western Europe. Here Wilhelm I, seated on a throne, holds an animal's bone on one hand and a clock in another. He is surrounded by clocks set to different times.
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