The image depicts a caricature of a person in full body view. The figure is standing upright with their hands in their pockets. The person has exaggerated facial features with a large head, prominent cheekbones, and a pronounced chin. They are wearing spectacles and have a receding hairline with short hair. The clothing includes a dark suit jacket, a bow tie, a white shirt, and striped trousers. They are standing on a subtly shaded ground with a lighter background that includes faint sketching of a figure standing at a podium, pointing forward. The text in the image includes the name "Glais-Bizoin" and some descriptive captions.
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The image depicts a caricature of a person in full body view. The figure is standing upright with their hands in their pockets. The person has exaggerated facial features with a large head, prominent cheekbones, and a pronounced chin. They are wearing spectacles and have a receding hairline with short hair. The clothing includes a dark suit jacket, a bow tie, a white shirt, and striped trousers. They are standing on a subtly shaded ground with a lighter background that includes faint sketching of a figure standing at a podium, pointing forward. The text in the image includes the name "Glais-Bizoin" and some descriptive captions.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A.O. Glais-Bizoin

Honoré Daumier

Date
1849
Medium
lithograph
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.143.443
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer, 1983)
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • figure
  • Man

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