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This is a drawing of an older man walking with a dog in a windy landscape. The drawing depicts an older man with exaggerated, caricature-like features, wearing a tall hat and clutching an umbrella and his coat against a gusty wind. The landscape around him is gently sketched, with hills and a path on which he walks alongside a small dog. The title at the top reads "LA JOURNÉE DU CÉLIBATAIRE" (The Day of the Bachelor), and below states "11 HEURES DU MATIN" (11 in the morning). The drawing is done in a style typical of satirical illustrations from 19th-century France.
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This is a drawing of an older man walking with a dog in a windy landscape. The drawing depicts an older man with exaggerated, caricature-like features, wearing a tall hat and clutching an umbrella and his coat against a gusty wind. The landscape around him is gently sketched, with hills and a path on which he walks alongside a small dog. The title at the top reads "LA JOURNÉE DU CÉLIBATAIRE" (The Day of the Bachelor), and below states "11 HEURES DU MATIN" (11 in the morning). The drawing is done in a style typical of satirical illustrations from 19th-century France.

National Gallery of Art · Print

11 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
1995.68.5
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
  • Walking
  • mammal
  • animal
  • lithograph
  • daily life
  • genre
  • Dog
Provenance

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

Inscription

upper center in plate: LA JOURNEE DU CELIBATAIRE.; upper right in plate: 5; lower left in image in plate: h.D.; lower left below image in plate: Daumier del.; lower center below image in plate: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie.; lower right below image in plate: Au bureau du Charivari rue du Croissant 16; across bottom in plate: 11 HEURES DU MATIN / Mr Coquelet voulant offrir un bouquet de violette à Mlle Palissandie, se reproche cette prodigalite: et lavant / son mouchoir de ses propres mains, il rassure sa conscience au moyen de cette économie.; by later hand, lower left to lower center in graphite: L.D. 611 HD 2002; by later hand, lower right in graphite: F / 21785; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: os 14 Set of 12

NGA object ID 92529. 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.