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This is a drawing of an elderly man seated at a table with a woman standing beside him, holding a guitar. The man appears to be smiling or smirking, leaning back slightly in his chair. His hand rests on a small table with a few small coins or objects. The woman holds a guitar, with her head tilted back and her mouth open. The scene captures a moment of musical enjoyment or performance. The drawing is in a monochrome style, characteristic of traditional etching or lithography, with cross-hatching and line work to convey texture and depth.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Aux Champs-Elysées
Honoré Daumier
- Date
- 1846
- Medium
- lithograph
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2015.143.964
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer, 1983)
- Time span
- 1826 to 1850
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Woman
- Costume
- Drink
- Guitar
- Man
NGA object ID 196911. 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.