The image depicts two people in a room. On the left, a man is standing holding a crying baby in a blanket. The man appears to be speaking. On the right, a woman is seated at a table, focused on painting a decorative plate. The table is filled with painting supplies. In the background, there are two framed artworks on the wall above a sofa.
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The image depicts two people in a room. On the left, a man is standing holding a crying baby in a blanket. The man appears to be speaking. On the right, a woman is seated at a table, focused on painting a decorative plate. The table is filled with painting supplies. In the background, there are two framed artworks on the wall above a sofa.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Adélaide ... ma bonne ... fais donc ...

Honoré Daumier

Date
1855
Medium
lithograph
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.143.1179
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer, 1983)
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • family
  • portrait
  • Table
  • Baby
  • Vase
  • Writing

NGA object ID 170194. 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.