an individual basis in regards to the culture, time period,.

             and necessities of life at the time in which they were.

             created.

             In looking at Francisco Goya and Honore Daumier the.

             clear comparison in their work would be political. While.

             they are from approximately the same historical time period,.

             they are from different countries, and lived in vastly.

             different political time atmospheres. Goya based his work on.

             the atrocities of war and the ramifications it had upon.

             individuals, while Daumier"s work, though sometimes graphic,.

             tended to be a more subdued look at domestic political.

             problems. .

             The work of Francisco Goya has a great deal of.

             emotional impact which must be appreciated as a direct.

             result of the time and place in which he lived. Living.

             through the Napoleonic Wars and in Spain during the French.

             occupation gave Goya a broad spectrum of personal insight on.

             which to base the gory depictions wether using oil and.

             canvas, or etching. He made many etchings, or prints.

             produced by covering a plate of copper with a solution that.

             is acid resistant and then scratching the plate through this.

             solution so that it may be burned with acid and thus retain.

             the ink for printing. While many of his works were not.

             published until after his death they show his great disdain.

             for war and the results that it has upon the lives of.

             individual men.

             Honore Daumier, on the other hand, lived in France.

             during the end of the Napoleon"s reign and through the time.

             of his successors. Daumier uses lithography, the use of.

             grease drawings on limestone which is moistened so that it.

             will not retain the greasy ink used to make the prints. This.

             was the most popular form of print at the time. Daumier"s.

             prints, prior to laws passed forbidding certain types of.

             cartoons in 1835, were political in nature. They dealt with.

             many different issues including freedom of speech and of the.

             press, as well as, political corruption. One print in.

             particular, "Rue Transnonain, April 15,1834," bears an errie.