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Family Scene by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

Family Scene

Family Scene

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1865–1870

Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, on ivory wove paper (discolored to cream)
Dimensions: 21.6 × 20.5 cm (8 9/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)inkpen and ink drawingsgray washwashprints and drawingcolored inkblack inkchildrencoating (material)paper (fiber product)

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The Madeleine-Bastille Bus Line. A trifle, a nothing... and the bus is full

The Madeleine-Bastille Bus Line. A trifle, a nothing... and the bus is full

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1862

The Aztecs before the scientists, plate 211 from Actualités

The Aztecs before the scientists, plate 211 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1855

Paid By the Minute. “- Driver, you are hardly moving! - Driver, you are not moving at all!,” plate 447 from Actualités

Paid By the Minute. “- Driver, you are hardly moving! - Driver, you are not moving at all!,” plate 447 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1857

Rue Transnonain, on April 15, 1834, October 2, 1834, plate 24 from L’Association mensuelle

Rue Transnonain, on April 15, 1834, October 2, 1834, plate 24 from L’Association mensuelle

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1834

“- I bought this ground at 1 franc per square meter, and I'll sell it again at 9 francs. - To whom? - The name does not matter as long as I make 8 francs on the square meter... after all, it's not excessive, a square meter on the Boulevard Montmartre costs 600 francs! - Yes, but this section here is uninhabited. - What do you mean, there are more than 20'000 rabbits living here,” plate 1 from Les Spéculateurs

“- I bought this ground at 1 franc per square meter, and I'll sell it again at 9 francs. - To whom? - The name does not matter as long as I make 8 francs on the square meter... after all, it's not excessive, a square meter on the Boulevard Montmartre costs 600 francs! - Yes, but this section here is uninhabited. - What do you mean, there are more than 20'000 rabbits living here,” plate 1 from Les Spéculateurs

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1857

“- As you can see, Monsieur, I have enforced in my school perfectly good discipline. You cannot imagine to what extent I succeeded implanting in these young scholars a deep sentiment of respect towards their teacher,” plate 23 from Professeurs Et Moutards

“- As you can see, Monsieur, I have enforced in my school perfectly good discipline. You cannot imagine to what extent I succeeded implanting in these young scholars a deep sentiment of respect towards their teacher,” plate 23 from Professeurs Et Moutards

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1846

“- Mister butcher, I wish you a happy and healthy New Year… - What? This is going to be a nice one, this 1858… every grocer around the corner will be able to sell my mutton!…,” plate 481 from Actualités

“- Mister butcher, I wish you a happy and healthy New Year… - What? This is going to be a nice one, this 1858… every grocer around the corner will be able to sell my mutton!…,” plate 481 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1858

An Investor of Spanish Cortes Bonds. An Investor of Spanish Government Bonds, plate 423

An Investor of Spanish Cortes Bonds. An Investor of Spanish Government Bonds, plate 423

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1834

“- And to think that Prudhon did not want us to attend the socialist banquets.... the poor man has never loved..... he totally ignores that it is the woman's presence which beautifies existence,” plate 184 from Actualités

“- And to think that Prudhon did not want us to attend the socialist banquets.... the poor man has never loved..... he totally ignores that it is the woman's presence which beautifies existence,” plate 184 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1849

A Kiss of Circumstances, plate 50 from Actualités

A Kiss of Circumstances, plate 50 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1867

Siméon, plate 521

Siméon, plate 521

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1835

“- Your suit fits.... I'll borrow it from you... only, please close the door, I can feel a draft on my back. - Oh blast, the door is shut,..... but you just opened the only suit I have,” plate 5 from Les Amis

“- Your suit fits.... I'll borrow it from you... only, please close the door, I can feel a draft on my back. - Oh blast, the door is shut,..... but you just opened the only suit I have,” plate 5 from Les Amis

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1845