1852
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Conducteur ... j'avais pris vos messageries ... is a 1852 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This lithograph shows a crowded train carriage labeled “MESSAGERIES GENERALES.” A man in a top hat stands out front while passengers wave arms and stretch faces in distress. They look like they’re fighting over space, not tickets. Daumier made this in 1852 to mock early rail travel—crowded cars were new and scary. He used lithography so prints could reach lots of people fast. He did more of these scenes—look up Honoré Daumier.
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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