“- You know my dear, you'll never believe this, but I think I would love to have some horse-meat for dinner tonight! - There we go.... my wife must be pregnant!,” plate 1 from Ces Bons Bourgeois 1856

This lithograph, "“ - You know my dear, you'll never believe this, but I think I would love to have some horse-meat for dinner tonight! - There we go.... my wife must be pregnant!,” plate 1 from Ces Bons Bourgeois" by Honoré Daumier depicts a satirical scene of a Parisian bourgeois couple. Daumier's work often critiqued the social injustices of the time, and this piece targets the upper class's ignorance and obliviousness. The man, with his top hat and scarf, nonchalantly reveals his desire for horse meat, while his wife, who seems unconcerned, interprets his comment as a sign of her pregnancy. The lithograph, created in 1856, was part of a series of satirical cartoons and is now housed in The Art Institute of Chicago.