This is a drawing of a group of people in a gallery looking at paintings. The individuals are dressed in top hats and seem engaged in examining the artwork on the wall. Their facial expressions are expressive, and the background shows more hanging paintings.
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This is a drawing of a group of people in a gallery looking at paintings. The individuals are dressed in top hats and seem engaged in examining the artwork on the wall. Their facial expressions are expressive, and the background shows more hanging paintings.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Aspect de salon le jour de l'ouverture ...

Honoré Daumier

Date
1857
Medium
lithograph
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.143.727
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer, 1983)
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • interior
  • architecture
  • group
  • figure
  • Hat
  • Man
  • Writing

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