Come along dear, I really don't think this is a pretty picture!

Artist Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879)

Date1859

MediumLithograph on newsprint

DimensionsUnframed: 10 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (27.6 × 27.6 cm) Framed: 17 3/8 × 21 3/8 in. (44.1 × 54.3 cm)

ClassificationsWORK ON PAPER

Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of The Armand Hammer Foundation

Object number1987.83

DescriptionA man holding a book stands in front of a painting with a cupid in front of a door. Another person looks over the top of the doorway. State: ii/ii; Plate: #1

Text printed below the image:

- Viens donc..., mon ami, je ne trouve pas ce tableau joli.
- Si fait, en ma qualité de pharmacien, il m'intéresse beaucoup...., ce tableau représente sans doute, l'essai d'une nouvelle médecine ..... voyons ce que dit mon livret?.......

- Come along dear, I really don't think this is a pretty picture!
- No, from a pharmacological point of view, it interests me greatly... The pictures seem to suggest the testing of a new medicine... I must check what the exhibition catalogue says.

Status

Not on view