The Botanist's Triumph
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Date1844
MediumLithograph on newsprint
DimensionsUnframed: 14 7/8 × 10 in. (37.8 × 25.4 cm)
Framed: 21 3/8 × 17 3/8 in. (54.3 × 44.1 cm)
ClassificationsWORK ON PAPER
Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Museum purchase
Object number2016.2.3
DescriptionA man without a hat and in a dark jacket leans down to smell a plant in a pot while another man in a large hat and light jacket watches. Plate 26Text on work:
UN TRIOMPHE DE BOTANISTE.
Tenez, monsieur, flairez moi ça... voila une rose dont je suis fier, elle fleurit pour la première fois.... à force de soins et de patience, je suis parvenu à lui faire acquérir l'odeur de la rhubarbe!.. je dois être cité dans le prochain numéro du journal des Connaissances utiles.
THE BOTANIST'S TRIUMPH.
Look at this, Monsieur, go ahead, smell it... I am particularly proud of this rose... it's flourishing for the first time... with patience and care I was able to give it an odor of rhubarbe!... I surely should be mentioned in the next edition of the "Journal of useful knowledge".
Status
Not on view