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“- Sir, I would like to subscribe for the earth quake at Batignolles..... here are two Francs.... but put in properly my name and address in your newspaper, Rigolard - Philanthropist, stationer at rue St. Honoré 345, offering clocks and statues by Dantan, Bohemian glass, English riding sticks, German chemical matches and generally everything that does not really concern this matter,” plate 6 from Les Philantropes Du Jour
1844
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 22.8 × 17.7 cm (9 × 7 in.); Sheet: 34.1 × 24.5 cm (13 7/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1953.548
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Honoré Daumier. “- Sir, I would like to subscribe for the earth quake at Batignolles..... here are two Francs.... but put in properly my name and address in your newspaper, Rigolard - Philanthropist, stationer at rue St. Honoré 345, offering clocks and statues by Dantan, Bohemian glass, English riding sticks, German chemical matches and generally everything that does not really concern this matter,” plate 6 from Les Philantropes Du Jour. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
“- Sir, I would like to subscribe for the earth quake at Batignolles..... here are two Francs.... but put in properly my name and address in your newspaper, Rigolard - Philanthropist, stationer at rue St. Honoré 345, offering clocks and statues by Dantan, Bohemian glass, English riding sticks, German chemical matches and generally everything that does not really concern this matter,” plate 6 from Les Philantropes Du Jour — Honoré Daumier. 1844.
Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 22.8 × 17.7 cm (9 × 7 in.); Sheet: 34.1 × 24.5 cm (13 7/16 × 9 11/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.