The image shows a seated person from the waist up in a side profile view. The individual is leaning back in a chair with their arms resting in their lap and hands clasped. They have a prominent nose and a solemn facial expression, with dark, closely cropped hair. The person is dressed in a long, dark, loose-fitting garment that covers their body and laps over the edges of the chair. The chair has a high back and carved, spiral armrests. The person is wearing dark shoes with white socks or undersides of the trousers slightly visible below the chair. The background is plain with a soft gradient of shading.
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The image shows a seated person from the waist up in a side profile view. The individual is leaning back in a chair with their arms resting in their lap and hands clasped. They have a prominent nose and a solemn facial expression, with dark, closely cropped hair. The person is dressed in a long, dark, loose-fitting garment that covers their body and laps over the edges of the chair. The chair has a high back and carved, spiral armrests. The person is wearing dark shoes with white socks or undersides of the trousers slightly visible below the chair. The background is plain with a soft gradient of shading.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Barbé-Marbois

Honoré Daumier

Date
1835
Medium
lithograph
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.2946
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
La Caricature: pl. 494

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Seated figure
  • Chair
  • Portrait
  • Man

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