"The rippling water seems to be mocking our misfortune." from the Little Miseries of Human Life

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

"The rippling water seems to be mocking our misfortune." from the Little Miseries of Human Life

Henri Fournier|Paul-Emile-Daurand Forgues|J. J. Grandville|Quichon

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(13)
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Yvonne Möen Cumerford, 1965

Artist information

|French, Paris 1813–1883 Cannes|French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves|French, 19th century

Subjects and terms

  • Men
  • Fishing
  • Fish

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