The image features five figures positioned closely together in an interior setting. Three adults and two children are shown in the scene. On the left, a young boy stands looking up at the adults. A young girl stands next to him with her hands clasped together. The adults appear to be in conversation, with two women at the center holding hands, both wearing bonnets and long dresses with puffed sleeves. A man stands behind them, wearing spectacles, a coat, and a cravat. The background shows a sketched portrait hanging on the wall.
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The image features five figures positioned closely together in an interior setting. Three adults and two children are shown in the scene. On the left, a young boy stands looking up at the adults. A young girl stands next to him with her hands clasped together. The adults appear to be in conversation, with two women at the center holding hands, both wearing bonnets and long dresses with puffed sleeves. A man stands behind them, wearing spectacles, a coat, and a cravat. The background shows a sketched portrait hanging on the wall.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Au novel an, visite... a la tante Rabourdin

Honoré Daumier

Date
1847
Medium
lithograph
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.3043
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Les Bons bourgeois: pl.46

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • interior
  • architecture
  • Woman
  • group
  • figure
  • Man
  • Frame

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