1835
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Barbé-Marbois is a 1835 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man sitting sideways in a big chair, wearing a long coat and pants. His legs are crossed, and one hand rests on his knee. The chair has a high back and curved armrests, and the whole scene is drawn in black and white. The title at the bottom names him *Barbé-Marbois*, and the print was made using a method that lets artists draw directly onto stone. This was a common way to make cheap, fast images back then. Next, look up lithography to see how this technique 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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