1848
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Des chargés d'affaires is a 1848 ink by Honoré Daumier, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people on a cobblestone street. The woman on the left balances a towering stack of baskets and jars on her head. She wears a dark dress with a light apron and holds a small bag. The man on the right, turned away, wears a hat and coat, pointing at something in his hand. The woman’s skeleton is drawn through her clothes, making her bones visible. This might be a joke or a way to show her hard work is wearing her down. Want to learn more? Check out lithography.
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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