
Read the visual description
The image portrays a crowd scene with individuals shown from the waist up. The group is tightly positioned, suggesting a busy environment. Most individuals are men, with at least one woman visible in the center. The men wear dark, high-collared coats and tall top hats. The woman has wide eyes and a small mouth, wearing a bonnet and cloak, with hair peeking out in curls. All individuals have exaggerated, expressive features. The background is filled with market goods like vases and lanterns, indicating a marketplace setting. The scene is captured in black and white, highlighting the lively setting of the street fair.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Aspect des boulevards pendant la foire aux bibelots
Honoré Daumier
- Date
- 1856
- Medium
- lithograph
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2015.143.644
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer, 1983)
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Woman
- Costume
- Man
- Figures
- Writing
NGA object ID 194602. 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.