Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 825,000+ artworks, 75,000+ artists, and 750+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Setting Out for the Ball by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

Setting Out for the Ball

Setting Out for the Ball

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1847

Medium: Lithograph
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

Tags

french

More by Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Sunday in the botanical gardens, plate 320 from Souvenirs d’artistes

A Sunday in the botanical gardens, plate 320 from Souvenirs d’artistes

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1862

Monsieur Filochard, ex shopkeeper, retired, feels the need of passing on his bust in marble to even remotest posterity, plate 68 from Les Bons bourgeois

Monsieur Filochard, ex shopkeeper, retired, feels the need of passing on his bust in marble to even remotest posterity, plate 68 from Les Bons bourgeois

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1847

Christ...there's a well built ox. It seems so alive. I am going to get a lottery ticket, and if I win ths painting, I will place it in the stable with my cow who is tired of being alone...This will make her a companion.

Christ...there's a well built ox. It seems so alive. I am going to get a lottery ticket, and if I win ths painting, I will place it in the stable with my cow who is tired of being alone...This will make her a companion.

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859

Robert Macaire, Professor of Industry

Robert Macaire, Professor of Industry

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A country excursion during the beautiful month of May. “– Courage... Adelaïde it's just another league to go,” plate 308 from Actualités

A country excursion during the beautiful month of May. “– Courage... Adelaïde it's just another league to go,” plate 308 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1856

Chinese Talking Politics. Thanks to antiquity and the stability of the Constitution of China, this country is extremely unified... it counts only little more than 63 political parties. Quite often one finds Chinese citizens discussing vehemently on public places, using arguments they had prior seen in their favourite journal. Quite often the journal itself will replace the argument, being used as such, plate 20 from Voyage En Chine

Chinese Talking Politics. Thanks to antiquity and the stability of the Constitution of China, this country is extremely unified... it counts only little more than 63 political parties. Quite often one finds Chinese citizens discussing vehemently on public places, using arguments they had prior seen in their favourite journal. Quite often the journal itself will replace the argument, being used as such, plate 20 from Voyage En Chine

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1844

Porcelain figure from China (taken from the private collection of Mr. Charles Philipon), plate 416

Porcelain figure from China (taken from the private collection of Mr. Charles Philipon), plate 416

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1834

At the Odeon Theater. “- The new production of TARTUFFE seems to be very good, but I am furious that there is no performance tonight… there have been restrictions, I presume?… - But no, Monsieur… - Well, I have been warned that it would end with the apotheosis of Béranger!,” plate 456 from Actualités

At the Odeon Theater. “- The new production of TARTUFFE seems to be very good, but I am furious that there is no performance tonight… there have been restrictions, I presume?… - But no, Monsieur… - Well, I have been warned that it would end with the apotheosis of Béranger!,” plate 456 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1857

The Drunkard

The Drunkard

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1834

A Guest at a Dinner of Horsemeat Eaters

A Guest at a Dinner of Horsemeat Eaters

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1865

What funny soldiers, they only seem interested in fighting is the sun...

What funny soldiers, they only seem interested in fighting is the sun...

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859

Black and white, plate 23 from Émotions Parisiennes

Black and white, plate 23 from Émotions Parisiennes

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1840