The man in this print is standing upright, partially turned to the left, with his hands behind his back. He has pale skin, a long nose, round cheeks, and a hint of a smile on his thin lips. He has short, neatly combed white hair and arched dark eyebrows, and he wears small round spectacles. The man is dressed in formal attire, including a long light-colored coat, a white waistcoat, trousers, and dark boots, with a high-collared shirt. He is holding a rolled object behind his back, like a rolled piece of paper. The background is plain, and the man casts a dark shadow on the blank ground.
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The man in this print is standing upright, partially turned to the left, with his hands behind his back. He has pale skin, a long nose, round cheeks, and a hint of a smile on his thin lips. He has short, neatly combed white hair and arched dark eyebrows, and he wears small round spectacles. The man is dressed in formal attire, including a long light-colored coat, a white waistcoat, trousers, and dark boots, with a high-collared shirt. He is holding a rolled object behind his back, like a rolled piece of paper. The background is plain, and the man casts a dark shadow on the blank ground.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Adolphe Thiers

Honoré Daumier

Date
1848
Medium
lithograph
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.3146
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
Les Représentans représentés: pl.4

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Portrait
  • Man

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