This lithograph was originally published in the December 18th issue of "Le Charivari," a prominent satirical journal of 19th century Paris that often featured Daumier's …
While Haussmann is himself responsible for the "charm" of Paris as we know it today, urbanization of the city depended on the demolition and destruction …
Haussmann's work was the inspiration for a variety of satirical and political cartoons during the Second Empire. Honoré Daumier, a political and satirical painter, sculptor, …
In an attempt to improve the economic conditions of the Parisian suburbs, a number of peripheral communes were officially annexed as part of the city …