L’inconvénient d’être dans un wagon - Lithograph by H. Daumier - 1852
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Roma, IT
L’inconvénient d’être dans un wagon is a b/w lithograph (plate n.5) from the satirical print series “Les Trains de Plaisir”, composed of caricatures “de mœurs” (of behaviours), realized by Honoré Daumier (France, 1808-1879) in 1852.
This plate, published by the Maison Martinet, Paris, appeared on the French periodical, Le Charivari, in 1852. Printed by the lithographer Charles Trinocq.
Reference: H. Delteil, Catalogue Raisonnée, 2329.
Inscriptions: Monogrammed on stone, h.D, 433.
Complete Caption: L’inconvénient d’être dans un wagon où il y a des voyageurs qui deviennent susceptibles dis qu’ils ont un peu trop bu.
Superb specimen, full margins, depicting a dark train-wagon with the consequent human chaos, is in excellent condition, with imperceptible aging signs (light redness and some traces of oxydation on the margins).
A copy of the same plate is preserved at the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.S.
Bibliography:
1906 Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy...
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1850s Honoré Daumier Art