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

"This room's too dirty, take a moment to sweep it" by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

"This room's too dirty, take a moment to sweep it"

"This room's too dirty, take a moment to sweep it"

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1834

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

Tags

french

More by Honoré-Victorin Daumier

In Deep Water

In Deep Water

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1847

The Opening Night! “What! Even my porter offers me flowers!... Bless my soul, this comedy will cost me a fortune... I begin to regret that it hasn't been hissed off the stage altogether,” plate twelve from Les beaux jours de la vie

The Opening Night! “What! Even my porter offers me flowers!... Bless my soul, this comedy will cost me a fortune... I begin to regret that it hasn't been hissed off the stage altogether,” plate twelve from Les beaux jours de la vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1844

At Clichy. Asking if the Abolition of Imprisonment Will Be Ratified Any Time Soon...

At Clichy. Asking if the Abolition of Imprisonment Will Be Ratified Any Time Soon...

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1867

“- 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

"To think that this is what the French call Chinese!"

"To think that this is what the French call Chinese!"

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859

It Naples. - The Commission of Bastonnades During Their Delicate Job. “- It took a while to convince this one to yell: "LONG LIVE THE KING!"... but finally we got to the bottom... and now he is completely in favour of the Government..,” plate 213 from Actualités

It Naples. - The Commission of Bastonnades During Their Delicate Job. “- It took a while to convince this one to yell: "LONG LIVE THE KING!"... but finally we got to the bottom... and now he is completely in favour of the Government..,” plate 213 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1855

Taking Advantage of the Right Moment, convincing the Chinese to accept being Paid Two Hundred Millions in Opium

Taking Advantage of the Right Moment, convincing the Chinese to accept being Paid Two Hundred Millions in Opium

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

The Interior of a Family on January 2 - or the Danger of Consuming Immoderately Non-Hygienic Sweets, plate 62 from Actualités

The Interior of a Family on January 2 - or the Danger of Consuming Immoderately Non-Hygienic Sweets, plate 62 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1853

"You're looking for your trunk, mister, there it is!...and the missus' hat box too!"

"You're looking for your trunk, mister, there it is!...and the missus' hat box too!"

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1843

"It's so nice like that, Dodore...with a bit of primping, it's no longer the same child!"

"It's so nice like that, Dodore...with a bit of primping, it's no longer the same child!"

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1847

Jacques-Antoine-Adrien, baron Delort

Jacques-Antoine-Adrien, baron Delort

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1827