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Chargé ... de garder les insignes de la souverainté

1866

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

The image depicts a person sitting on a large, striped trunk with their legs crossed and arms crossed over their chest. The person has a comical facial expression, and is wearing glasses, curly hair styled in a bob with a hat, and a long, flowing dress with detailed sleeves and buttons. To the left is an ornate chair, and the background has draped fabric and a piece of cloth on the floor.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. Armand Hammer)
Accession Number

2015.143.1341
Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 3493, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q77010060

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