The Fugitives, c. 1868, Honor? Daumier, French, 1808-1879, 15 x 26 3/4 in. (38.1 x 67.95 cm) (canvas)24 3/8 x 36 1/8 x 3 in. (61.91 x 91.76 x 7.62 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, France, 19th century, Daumier's painting, The Fugitives, was his last and most dramatic rendering of the refugee theme and might refer to events surrounding the onset of the Franco-Prussian war, or to the insurrection of the commune in France in 1870. Daumier was less interested in depicting specific events than in responding to the depth of human suffering caused by these events.