Le CHASSEUR PARISIEN. Être bénin, inoffensif par excellence. Chasseur diligent, partant après l'aurore, tuant le temps et pas autre chose. Son fusil n'est pas moins philantrope, pas moins fidèle observateur du 4ème commandement. --- Le Chasseur Parisien. Etre bénin, inoffensif par excellence, Chasseur diligent, partant après l'aurore, tuant le temps et pas autre chose. Son fusil n'est pas moins philantrope, pas moins fidèle observateur du 4ème commandement. Cette espèce de chasse armée, equivalent à la paix armée.

Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M. · 1841

. Description of the "bourgeois hunter" from Paris: he is inoffensive, knows nature merely from romantic novels, and would not dream of shooting a bird. His gun-barrel pointing downwards and leaving the frame of the print, shows his complete lack of interest in hunting. What counts is to be dressed correctly and to participate in the social event. Daumier’s interest in hunting and fishing was a consequence of press censorship laws in 1835, which limited political engagement of caricaturists working for the free press. At the same time, in 1830 hunting legally ceased to be the prerogative of the aristocratic classes. Parisian bourgeoisie immediately took to the new fancy and engaged in hunting around the forests and countryside of Paris. A new “fashion” was born and members of the Parisian middle class developed a hitherto unknown snobbism and passion for this sport. Deyeux even wrote a poem called “La Chassomanie”. By 1860, some 155’000 hunting licenses had been issued, while one estimated that some 450’000 poachers were actively involved in hunting and fishing. While in the beginning of 1836 some 6’000 hunters were caught hunting without a license, this number increased substantially to 21’000 hunters fined for poaching in 1860.