Les Parisiens à la campagne
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
CultureFrench
Date1865
MediumLithograph on newsprint
DimensionsOverall, Image: 9 7/8 × 8 1/2 in. (25.1 × 21.6 cm)
Overall, Sheet: 11 3/8 × 10 15/16 in. (28.9 × 27.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
Overall, Sheet: 11 3/8 × 10 15/16 in. (28.9 × 27.8 cm)
Overall, Mat: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (48.9 x 36.2 cm)
InscribedInitialed on stone, lower left: "h.D." Title of print and number typed above image: "Les Parisiens a la campagne. 249." Typed below image, lower left: "Mon. Martinet 172, r. Rivoli et 41, r. Vivienne." Typed below image, lower right: "Lith. Destouches, 28, r. Paradis Pre." Written in graphite at lower right: "Mar. 28, 1865."
Verso: Written in graphite, upper right: "H.D.2178 II." Written in graphite, center: "22.61.344."
On back mat inside: "Dup AHN;" impressed "MMA" stamp; "22.61.344."
MarkingsVerso, center: Metropolitan Museum of Art stamp (L.1943) and Metropolitan Museum of Art Duplicate stamp (L.1808h) with " AHM 56" written in graphite in the center.
Portfolioplate 249 from Les Parisiens A La Campgne
Credit LineGift of Captain and Mrs. Shirley Falcke
Object number56.49.18
Not on view
DescriptionTwo men in a yard, one holds a rake. "You seem to enjoy doing my work. In exchange I could offer doing your job: I will fo for a ride in your coach!"
Honoré Daumier
April 21, 1848
