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Black and white illustration depicting two men showing a large newspaper to a central woman lounging on a couch. Another man lays on another large newspaper draped over the couch.

Honoré Daumier

Subscribers Trying to Cope with Their Paper (Abonnés Recevant Leur Journal et Cherchant la Manière de s’en Servir)
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Description

Maker

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert &amp

Title

Subscribers Trying to Cope with Their Paper (Abonnés Recevant Leur Journal et Cherchant la Manière de s’en Servir)
from the series Actualités

Year

1845

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 23.5 x 24.8 cm (9 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, LL: h.D.; Printed, on plate, UC: Actualites/ 115.; Printed, on plate, LL: Chez Aubert Pl de la Bourse 29.; Printed, on plate, LR: Imp d' Aubert & Cie; Printed, on plate, LL to LR: Abonnes recevant leur journal et cherchant la maniere de s'en servir.; Written, in graphite, on sheet, LR: D.1335 II (Vol iv)/ 1845/ 45.102/ 400

Identification

State

2nd of 2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

45.102

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Process Work
Intersections of Photography and Print ca. 1825 to Today
Feb 01, 2025 – Jul 20, 2025

Label copy

As depicted in these two prints made in 1845 by Honoré Daumier, new magazine and newspaper formats in the mid-1800s forced readers to adapt their reading habits. Steam-powered presses increased the speed of production, while new developments in paper-making increased the size of newsprint sheets. The effect on consumers was not only physical but psychological: the increased flow of information often overwhelmed readers in ways that are still familiar to us today. 

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Tombstone

Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879)
Aubert & Cie (French), printer
Subscribers Trying to Cope with Their Paper (Abonnés Recevant Leur Journal et Cherchant la Manière de s’en Servir); from the series Actualités, 1845
Lithograph on paper
Plate: 23.5 x 24.8 cm (9 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 45.102

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