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The image shows a man standing at a window, with exaggerated facial features. He is wearing a nightshirt and pajama trousers, with slippers on his feet. He is holding a cup and a newspaper, while a small dog stands nearby. A cat is curled up on a tabletop next to a candlestick, and there is a bird in a cage and potted plants nearby. The background includes a chair and a partly open cabinet.
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The image shows a man standing at a window, with exaggerated facial features. He is wearing a nightshirt and pajama trousers, with slippers on his feet. He is holding a cup and a newspaper, while a small dog stands nearby. A cat is curled up on a tabletop next to a candlestick, and there is a bird in a cage and potted plants nearby. The background includes a chair and a partly open cabinet.

National Gallery of Art · Print

8 heures du matin

Honoré Daumier

Date
1839
Medium
crayon lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 34.3 x 26.2 cm (13 1/2 x 10 5/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1995.68.2
Credit line
Gift in memory of Dr. Ruth B. Benedict by the Washington Print Club and Her Friends
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
La Journée du Célibataire

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • bird
  • animal
  • mammal
  • lithograph
  • daily life
  • genre
  • Dog
  • Cat
Provenance

Alberto Borletti; (David Carritt Limited, Artemis Group, London); NGA designated purchase, 1995.

Inscription

upper center in plate: LA JOURNEE DU CELIBATAIRE.; by later hand, upper right in graphite: 2; lower left in image in plate: hD; lower left below image in plate: Chez Bauger R. du Croissant 16.; lower center below image in plate: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.; lower right below image in plate: Domier. del.t.; across bottom in plate: 8 HEURES DU MATIN. / (Le ménage.) Le spectacle de la nature élève l'ame! Mr Coquelet pour se délasser des soins du / ménage, vient chercher a sa fenêtre le parfum des fleurs et le chant du...........serin.; by later hand, lower center in graphite: L.D. 608 H D 1999; by later hand, lower right in graphite: F / 21784; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: os 14 Set of 12

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