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Gargantua

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Lithograph by Honore Daumier, 1831. Depicts King Louis-Philippe as Rabelais's giant Gargantua. Daumier was sentenced to six months in prison and fined 500 francs for this image. Early example of lithography's power as a mass-distribution medium for political satire.

Scholarly Significance

Gargantua anchors Daumier's political caricature practice and the legal consequences of satirical lithography in July Monarchy France.