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A Group of Men, and Other Sketches by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

A Group of Men, and Other Sketches

A Group of Men, and Other Sketches

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1852–1862

Medium: Black crayon, over traces of charcoal, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 42 × 30.9 cm (16 9/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
Genre: graphite
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)graphiteplant materialprints and drawingcrayonspaper (fiber product)charcoal

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“Pardon me, Mayor.... would you please be so kind to tell me whether swimming is allowed here?,” plate 25 from Les Baigneurs

“Pardon me, Mayor.... would you please be so kind to tell me whether swimming is allowed here?,” plate 25 from Les Baigneurs

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1840

The Waiter in Black Suits. Funeral of the tip box, plate 2 from Croquis Parisiens

The Waiter in Black Suits. Funeral of the tip box, plate 2 from Croquis Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1890

A Young Man Who is the Pride and Hope of the Badinguet Family, plate 16 from Les Bons Bourgeois

A Young Man Who is the Pride and Hope of the Badinguet Family, plate 16 from Les Bons Bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1846

“That will do the job!,” plate 91 from Actualités

“That will do the job!,” plate 91 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1870

“- My dear friend, we have learned yesterday at the theatre that a gentleman has inadvertedly stepped on your foot.... We have come to get his address and we are eager to announce that the affair is arranged.... He is waiting for you this morning in the Bois de Boulogne. You will raise pistols at a distance of 15 paces,” plate 1 from Les Amis

“- My dear friend, we have learned yesterday at the theatre that a gentleman has inadvertedly stepped on your foot.... We have come to get his address and we are eager to announce that the affair is arranged.... He is waiting for you this morning in the Bois de Boulogne. You will raise pistols at a distance of 15 paces,” plate 1 from Les Amis

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The Taste. “Wow! I am not surprised any more why this fellow is so spirited... and he calls me an old beast! Let me have one of these every morning, and I will be full of spirit too,” plate 40 from Types Parisiens

The Taste. “Wow! I am not surprised any more why this fellow is so spirited... and he calls me an old beast! Let me have one of these every morning, and I will be full of spirit too,” plate 40 from Types Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1839

All Right Rigobert, My Old Friend…, plate one from Les Canotiers Parisiens

All Right Rigobert, My Old Friend…, plate one from Les Canotiers Parisiens

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843

A Scientist Trying to Befriend his Son with a Great Kangaroo from Central America, plate 3 from La Société D'acclimatation

A Scientist Trying to Befriend his Son with a Great Kangaroo from Central America, plate 3 from La Société D'acclimatation

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1858

“Look! See how his eyes are on the saveloys and the ham.... it seems we like Papa's job?..... my little piglet!,” plate 51 from Moeurs Conjugales

“Look! See how his eyes are on the saveloys and the ham.... it seems we like Papa's job?..... my little piglet!,” plate 51 from Moeurs Conjugales

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1842

“- And your bourgeois - is he for freedom of the butcher's trade?,” plate 464 from Actualités

“- And your bourgeois - is he for freedom of the butcher's trade?,” plate 464 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1857

“God! How I loved that fellow there!,” plate 16 from Caricatures Politiques

“God! How I loved that fellow there!,” plate 16 from Caricatures Politiques

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1831

Sappho's Death. “Young ladies, you see where love leads us Under our feet so dainty and small The wretched chasm of an abyss Into which we eventually fall,” plate 49 from Histoire Ancienne

Sappho's Death. “Young ladies, you see where love leads us Under our feet so dainty and small The wretched chasm of an abyss Into which we eventually fall,” plate 49 from Histoire Ancienne

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843