Excitement at the Botanical Gardens
Artist
Honoré Daumier
(French, 1808 - 1879)
Date1844
MediumLithograph on newsprint
DimensionsUnframed: 14 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (36.2 × 24.8 cm)
ClassificationsWORK ON PAPER
Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of The Armand Hammer Foundation
Object number1987.41
DescriptionAn elephant has his truck around a man's neck and is him pulling him closer. A woman to the man's left is in the act of hitting the elephant with her umbrella and a small boy hugs the man's leg. State: ii/ii/Plate #6Text printed below the image:
UNE ÉMOTION AU JARDIN DES PLANTES.
- Au secours. ma femme... au secours.... je suis dévoré!....
- N'ayes pas peur..... intimide le de ton regard!... aussi pourquoi aller te mettre nez à nez avec un éléphant!.....
EXCITEMENT AT THE BOTANICAL GARDENS.
- Help, my dear, help!... I am about to be devoured!
- Don't be afraid.... intimidate him by looking him straight in the eye! In any case why of all the beasts did you have to get your nose so close to an elephant's nose!
Status
Not on view