Légende
The despair of the butchers, Butcher and his wife complain, Current events, cartoon, Series number, 458, printmaker: Honoré Daumier, Paris, printer (person): Destouches, publisher: Martinet, 1857, printer (person), paper, lithography, height 254 mm x width 268 mm, Print used for: Le Charivari, November 21, 1857., butcher, slaughterman, political caricatures and satires, caricatures (human types), A monochrome drawing of an interior scene showing a standing man in the foreground viewed from behind and slightly in profile, with his head tilted back and his gaze directed upward, wearing a long loose garment with rolled sleeves and patterned leggings, one hand clenching a large cleaver held down by his side; to the right a second figure slumped forward over a table with head buried in folded arms, shoulders hunched and clothing wrinkled; the room has textured, shaded walls with hanging indistinct shapes and a shadowed corner, and the table shows simple legs and a flat top; the overall image is rendered in soft, cross-hatched pencil or charcoal lines with varied shading and a thin border framing the scene.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26A93_406
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
57.8Mo (8.6Mo) / 38.7cm x 37.4cm / 4569 x 4419 (300dpi)