So I have bagged a partridge!... Oh well, it's just a sparrow!..., from 'Hunting sketches,' published in Le Charivari, October 19, 1864
October 19, 1864
Medium
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (Delteil)
Dimensions
Image: 9 in. × 8 3/8 in. (22.9 × 21.3 cm) Sheet: 11 3/4 × 10 7/16 in. (29.8 × 26.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
Accession Number
36.12.216
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About the Artist
Honoré Daumier · 1810–1879
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...