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The image shows a cartoon illustration featuring two men seated in a carriage. The man on the left is dressed in a dark jacket, trousers, and a tall top hat, with a mustache. The man next to him has long hair under a white top hat, a goatee, a dark coat over a white vest, and a patterned cravat. Both men sit facing forward, with the man on the right holding a whip. Various figures in similar hats surround the carriage, some gesturing towards the occupants. The background includes sketched buildings, suggesting an urban setting with a bustling street.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Bertrand, dis donc, s'ils allaient nous faire...
Honoré Daumier
- Date
- 1838
- Medium
- lithograph on newsprint
- Classification
- Accession number
- 1979.49.22
- Credit line
- Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
- Time span
- 1826 to 1850
- Department
- CG-E
Portfolio and series
- Series
- Caricaturana: pl.90
Subjects and terms
- French
- Hat
- Man
- Carriage
- Figures
- Writing
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