“I am living a little high up... but at least I am enjoying a beautiful view,” plate 8 from Les Bons Bourgeois 1846

“I am living a little high up... but at least I am enjoying a beautiful view,” plate 8 from *Les Bons Bourgeois* (1846) by Honoré Daumier depicts two men standing on a balcony overlooking the rooftops of a city. The lithograph is part of a series of satirical cartoons by Daumier that lampooned the lives of the French bourgeoisie. This print satirizes the aspirations of the bourgeoisie to a certain lifestyle, with the two men standing on their balcony, admiring the view below, but at the same time, their small room, their everyday life, is emphasized by the caption “Je suis logé un peu haut…mais au moins je jouis d’une jolie vue!” (I am living a little high up… but at least I am enjoying a beautiful view!). The lithograph’s visual humor is also apparent in the contrasting postures of the two men, one looking thoughtful and the other with a mischievous grin.