This image depicts a person looking through a floor trapdoor from below. The room has a textured or patterned wall. An elderly figure stands inside the room, bent forward while holding a set of keys. Another figure is partially visible from the trapdoor, their hands clasped on the edge as they look upwards. The drawing seems to focus on the interaction between these two figures in a confined space. The title at the top is "LOCATAIRES ET PROPRIÉTAIRES," suggesting a relationship dynamic.
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This image depicts a person looking through a floor trapdoor from below. The room has a textured or patterned wall. An elderly figure stands inside the room, bent forward while holding a set of keys. Another figure is partially visible from the trapdoor, their hands clasped on the edge as they look upwards. The drawing seems to focus on the interaction between these two figures in a confined space. The title at the top is "LOCATAIRES ET PROPRIÉTAIRES," suggesting a relationship dynamic.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Ah! ça mais... arriverons-nous bientôt?

Honoré Daumier

Date
1847
Medium
lithograph on newsprint
Classification
Print
Accession number
1979.49.133
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Locataires et propriétaires: pl.17

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Door
  • interior
  • architecture
  • Woman
  • Man
  • Writing

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