“- Oh blast! .... it's again my own dog that I shot..... that's the third one in two years.... I'm really not very lucky at hunting!,” plate 6 from Croquis D'automne par Daumier
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.2 × 20.8 cm (9 9/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 36 × 27.4 cm (14 3/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80043
Art Historical Context
Honoré Daumier’s 1865 lithograph captures a moment of comic misfortune in the French countryside. The print shows a hapless hunter lamenting that he has once again shot his own dog—his third such mishap in two years—while the title’s wry caption underscores the absurdity. Created as plate 6 in the series *Croquis d’automne*, the image belongs to Daumier’s long-running commentary on bourgeois leisure and pretension during France’s Second Empire. Daumier was a master of lithography, a medium that allowed rapid, affordable distribution of satirical images to a broad public. His bold, expressive ...
About the Artist
Honoré-Victorin Daumier · 1808–1879
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-1879) was a prolific French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor whose works offered incisive commentary on the social and political life of 19th-century France. Known as the 'Michelangelo of Caricature,' Daumier produced over 4,000 lithographs, 500 paintings, 1,000 drawings, and 100 sculptures during his lifetime. His biting political satire led to his imp...