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The illustration features a man with an exaggeratedly large head standing upright with his arms crossed over his chest. The man has a serious expression, dark, slicked-back hair, and is dressed in a dark, long coat with matching pants and shoes. In the background, there are faint outlines of multiple people and a figure on a podium or platform. The background is sketched with loose, light lines suggesting depth and perspective.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Achille Fould
Honoré Daumier
- Date
- 1849
- Medium
- lithograph
- Classification
- Accession number
- 1949.5.40
- Credit line
- Rosenwald Collection
- Time span
- 1826 to 1850
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Les Représentans représentés (second series): pl.25
Subjects and terms
- French
- Face
- Man
- Figures
NGA object ID 36481. 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.