1833
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Amiral de Rigny is a 1833 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of a man in a long coat and high-collared shirt. He’s standing sideways, one hand in his pocket, looking off to the side. The lines are rough and sketchy, making him look a little stiff but also full of character. The artist signed it in the corner—*Daumier*—and the name at the bottom (*M. de Rigny*) is the subject. This was printed in a magazine, not painted on canvas. Next, check out how *lithography* works.
Honoré-Victorin Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870.
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