"I was in too much need of an omnibus, but as soon as it starts raining, they all seem to disappear as if by magic." from the Little Miseries of Human Life

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

"I was in too much need of an omnibus, but as soon as it starts raining, they all seem to disappear as if by magic." from the Little Miseries of Human Life

Auguste Barbant|J. J. Grandville|Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues|Henri Fournier

Date
1843
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (28.5 × 19 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
65.570.61(1)
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Yvonne Möen Cumerford, 1965

Artist information

French, born Paris 1838|French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves|French, Paris 1813–1883 Cannes|

Subjects and terms

  • Men
  • Women
  • Rain
  • Umbrellas

The Met object ID 831175. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.