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This is a drawing of a bustling street scene with a group of people dressed in 19th-century attire gathered on the street. They are all looking upward with expressions of surprise or interest. In the background, there are buildings with multiple windows. At the top of the image, there is a creature or figure that resembles a serpent with a bird-like head positioned above them. The drawing captures a moment of curiosity and conversation, highlighting the interaction between the observers and the unusual sight they are witnessing. The scene is rendered in black and white, with expressive lines and shading that convey motion and atmosphere.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Apparition du ... serpent de la rue Lacépède
Honoré Daumier
- Date
- 1858
- Medium
- lithograph
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2015.143.1262
- Credit line
- Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer, 1983)
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- inscription
- calligraphic
- Hat
- animal
- Figures
- Wall
NGA object ID 197087. 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.