"Is this your dog here?," plate 20 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra 4 - 1847

"Is this your dog here?" is a lithograph from Honoré Daumier’s 1847 series, Tout Ce Qu’on Voudra. Daumier was a prolific French artist known for his satirical cartoons that often critiqued social injustices, corruption, and the bourgeois class. This particular print depicts a humorous scene of a man holding up a dog in front of a shocked woman seated on a bench. Daumier uses caricature to exaggerate the figures’ features and expressions, heightening the comedic effect of the encounter. The artwork is a testament to Daumier’s masterful use of lithography and his keen eye for observing and exaggerating the quirks of human nature.