Caption
Butler with a feather duster by the drinks cabinet, print, annotation: '2me etat, deux epreuves de c'est etat', printmaker: Auguste Danse (signed by artist), after design by Honoré Daumier, 1895, Auguste Danse, Honoré Daumier, printmaker, after design by, paper, etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, etching and drypoint with plate tone, printed in brown, height 258 mm x width 277 mm, alcoholic drinks, taste, tasting (one of the five senses), butler, A sepia-toned sketch shows a thin person in profile reaching toward a cabinet door, with exaggerated facial features and a furrowed brow, wearing a robe with loose sleeves and holding a small cylindrical object in one hand while the other hand rests near the cabinet; the background includes dark vertical shading, a framed rectangular shape on the wall, shelves inside the cabinet containing two tall bottle-like shapes and stacked flat objects, and textured woodgrain lines and crosshatching throughout the scene.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B16_370
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