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This is a drawing of two individuals engaged in an interaction, one inside a doorway and the other standing outside. The scene is depicted in black and white. To the left, there is an older individual in profile, wearing a bonnet and holding a pair of glasses in one hand while the other rests on a door frame. They have a cautious expression. To the right, an individual with a long face and prominent nose is depicted in exaggerated proportions. They are dressed in a structured coat, a patterned vest, and a high-collared shirt, with a top hat tilted back on their head and carrying a book. French text can be seen below the image.
National Gallery of Art · Print
2.000 fr...sans écurie...ça ne me convient pas!
Honoré Daumier
- Date
- 1840
- Medium
- lithograph
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2015.143.884
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer, 1983)
- Time span
- 1826 to 1850
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Door
- Woman
- Hat
- Man
NGA object ID 196856. 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.