Honoré DAUMIER
Having the vain idea of competing with the train
(Ayant eu la vaniteuse idée de vouloirs lutter de vitesse avec le chemin de fer)
(1864)
plate from Les baigneurs (The bathers) series

Medium
gillotype on brown paper

Measurements
16.2 × 24.7 cm (image) 18.5 × 24.7 cm (image and text) 22.6 × 29.1 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1930

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Paris, France

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 3323 iii/iii

Edition
3rd of 3 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l: h.D. 64
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: GILLOT. SC

Accession Number
4359-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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