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The image shows two men engaged in a handshake. The man on the left wears glasses, a dark suit with a high-collared shirt, and has curly sideburns. The man on the right wears a Roman soldier costume with a helmet and a cape. The background shows plain textured walls, hinting at an indoor space like a backstage or dressing room.
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The image shows two men engaged in a handshake. The man on the left wears glasses, a dark suit with a high-collared shirt, and has curly sideburns. The man on the right wears a Roman soldier costume with a helmet and a cape. The background shows plain textured walls, hinting at an indoor space like a backstage or dressing room.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Ah! Mon cher monsieur, vous m'avez ...

Honoré Daumier

Date
1864
Medium
lithograph
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.143.765
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer, 1983)
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • interior
  • architecture
  • Figures
  • Writing
  • Helmet

NGA object ID 170213. 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.