Je compte sur vous pour signer

Je compte sur vous pour signer

Honoré Daumier

1845

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

About this work

You see two people sitting on a bench, talking to each other. They're having a quiet conversation, and the artist added details like background text to tell a story. The way the artist drew the scene, with lots of lines and shading, was a common style back then. To learn more about this kind of artwork, look into the technique: lithography.

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