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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
- 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
NGA object ID 6122. 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.