“- How do you know that I am a widower? After twenty years of forced labour, not marriage, I am slowly starting to pull myself together again, and there you are, proposing me a second marriage! Ragoulet, would you please stop holding my hand!,” plate 10 from Vulgarités 1841

This lithograph, titled “- How do you know that I am a widower? After twenty years of forced labour, not marriage, I am slowly starting to pull myself together again, and there you are, proposing me a second marriage! Ragoulet, would you please stop holding my hand!”, is one of ten plates from the series "Vulgarités" by Honoré Daumier. The series was created in 1841 and is housed in the Art Institute of Chicago. The image is a humorous critique of social hypocrisy and societal pressure in 19th-century France, Daumier's signature style. The lithograph depicts two men, one of whom appears to be a widower, while the other attempts to persuade him into a second marriage. The work showcases Daumier's mastery of caricature and social commentary.