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La difficulté d'arriver a une place

1853

Honoré Daumier

Associated Names

Honoré Daumier

Artist, French, 1808 - 1879

This is a drawing of an omnibus. The top section shows a crowded interior with passengers tightly packed. The lower section portrays the exterior where a conductor gestures at a person who has fallen to the ground while another clings onto the side of the omnibus.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

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

2015.143.585
Catalogue Raisonné

Delteil, no. 2387, State ii/ii

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Wikidata ID

Q77013419

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