La Caricature

…appearance of Charles Philipon’s periodical La Caricature, the first great vehicle of Honoré Daumier, Henri Monnier, “Grandville” (J.-I.-I. Gérard), and others. The presiding genius had great politico-legal skill and knew exactly how far he and his artists could go. The famous likening of Louis Philippe to a pear, which was…

…a journal of political satire, La Caricature. The career of the journal was brief and turbulent; after an avalanche of legal actions, it was suppressed in 1835. Meanwhile, in 1832, Philipon had produced a daily paper (with a new caricature every day) called Le Charivari. Ten years later Le Charivari…