Caption
Four people on a rowing boat in the rain, Un léger grain, Parisian skippers, Les canotiers parisiens, cartoon, Series number, 8, 20, number: '132', printmaker: Honoré Daumier, Paris, printer (person): Aubert & Cie., publisher: Pannier & Cie., 1843, printer (person), paper, lithography, height 244 mm x width 313 mm, Print published in: Le Charivari, 22-05-1843. Le Charivari was a humorous newspaper with caricatures and (political) cartoons., rowing-boat, canoe, river, caricatures (human types), downpour, rain shower, A sepia-toned drawing shows several people in a small rowboat on choppy water with diagonal lines suggesting heavy rain; three figures sit close together, two wearing hats and one holding an umbrella, with their heads bowed and bodies leaning forward. The boat's oars are visible, held by a person on the left whose hands grip the handle, and a bundle or cloth rests near the center of the boat. In the background a distant shoreline and a large rock or landform with a small clump of vegetation are visible through the rain. The overall scene is rendered in sketchy pencil or charcoal strokes with areas of shading and crosshatching.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B23_072
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Rights managed
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46.1Mb (8.7Mb) / 14.5in x 12.3in / 4347 x 3704 (300dpi)