The Wells of Grenelle. “And these scoundrels of chemists are claiming that it is good for children to bathe in the wells of Grenelle! Here is Dodolphe who has turned more green than an apple.... one hardly knows whether he is a lizard or a toad,” plate 37 from Moeurs Conjugales
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 21 × 21.5 cm (8 5/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 32.3 × 24.7 cm (12 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
76330
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...