Satire, No 8 in series: caricature of French philosopher and deputy Pierre Leroux, walking to right, carrying balloons bearing various sentences; as published in 'Le Charivari', 30 December 1848.
We see this great philosopher and specialist in social aphorisms, aiming for the rostrum at the National Assembly.’Pierre-Henri Leroux (1797 – 1871) was a deputy and philosopher, writer and a friend of George Sand. He was a director and founding member of the following papers: “”Globe””, “”Revue encyclopedique””, and “”La Republique””. He lived in exile in England between 1851 and 1869. During 1848, he was the official theorist of the socialist school. Original lithograph by Honore Daumier published in Paris in 1848. From a series titled ‘Les Representans Representes’ (The representative represented) depicting the portraits of the ‘Assemblee Constituante’ (Constituent Assembly) and the ‘Assemblee Legislative’ (Legislative Assembly).

Often called as Michelangelo of caricature, Honoré-Victorin Daumier February 26, 1808 – February 10, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870. He earned a living throughout most of his life producing caricatures and cartoons of political figures and satirizing the behavior of his countrymen in newspapers and periodicals, for which he became well known in his lifetime and is still known today.