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.
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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
Print
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

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