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This is a painting of an orangutan enclosed behind bars in the upper part of the composition, while a crowd in colorful clothing stands below, looking up with various expressions. Among the crowd are individuals in vivid attire, including a figure dressed in a colorful robe, another in striped pants holding a hat, and others wearing formal hats. The expressions on their faces range from wide-eyed amazement to comedic dismay. This is in style of Honoré Daumier.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Bobonne... ne le regarde pas tant!
Honoré Daumier
- Date
- 1836
- Medium
- hand-colored lithograph
- Classification
- Accession number
- 1943.3.9365
- Credit line
- Rosenwald Collection
- Time span
- 1826 to 1850
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Les Orangs-Outangs: pl.3
Subjects and terms
- French
- Woman
- Monkey
- Hat
- Man
- Figures
NGA object ID 11880. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.